Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens
Pomona College
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Thaddeus Stevens (1792听鈥�1868) was a lawyer and politician who played a leading role in the formation of the Republican Party. He served as a member of the听United States House of Representatives听from Pennsylvania and one of the leaders of the听Radical Republican听faction of the听Republican Party听during the 1860s.听 A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against African-Americans, he sought to secure their rights during听Reconstruction. Stevens was a member of the committee that drafted the articles of impeachment against President听Andrew Johnson. 听The edition covers Steven鈥檚 political career from his Vermont youth to the end of the Civil War. They include letters and speeches from his early days as a Gettysburg lawyer and as a representative in the Pennsylvania assembly through his antislavery efforts to the 1865 passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, freeing all slaves. A comprehensive microfilm edition in 12 reels is also available.
Complete in two volumes.
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Thaddeus Stevens, by Brady Studios, c. 1868. 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration, Records of the Chief Signal Officer
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