“Rise, then, and drive out ignominiously the invaders who have dared to desecrate the soil which your labors have made fruitful, and which is consecrated by your homes.”

About Claiborne Fox Jackson

Politician • American

Claiborne Fox Jackson was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 15th Governor of Missouri in 1861. A staunch pro-slavery Democrat, he played a pivotal role in the state's secession crisis at the beginning...