BUT THEN YOU HAVE A MAN, THADDEUS STEVENS, WHO IS SAID BY SOME TO BE THE ARCHITECT OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT, WHICH GAVE FREEDOM TO ENSLAVED PEOPLE, THE 14TH AMENDMENT, WHICH AMONG THE MANY THINGS IT DID, ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The lawyer and politician Thaddeus Stevens devoted his life to eradicating class and racial divisions, championing ...

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In the American story, a few select individuals leave a lasting imprint that transcends their own time to shape the future. Thaddeus Stevens is one such figure. A fierce abolitionist, a member of the ...

The first museum dedicated to Thaddeus Stevens, the great 19th century civil rights advocate, will be dedicated in Gettysburg on April 4, Stevens’s 232nd birthday. April 4 is also the 25th anniversary ...

In a speech before Congress in January 1862, Lancaster’s U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens characterized his relationship with fellow Lancaster resident and former President James Buchanan. “Mr. Buchanan is ...