Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century EgalitarianUniv of North Carolina Press, 2000 M11 9 - 336 páginas One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive 'dictator of Congress,' out to punish the South at the behest of big business and his own ego, Stevens receives a more balanced treatment in Hans L. Trefousse's biography, which portrays him as an impassioned orator and a leader in the struggle against slavery. Trefousse traces Stevens's career through its major phases: from his days in the Pennsylvania state legislature, when he antagonized Freemasons, slaveholders, and Jacksonian Democrats, to his political involvement during Reconstruction, when he helped author the Fourteenth Amendment and spurred on the passage of the Reconstruction Acts and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Throughout, Trefousse explores the motivations for Stevens's lifelong commitment to racial equality, thus furnishing a fuller portrait of the man whose fervent opposition to slavery helped move his more moderate congressional colleagues toward the implementation of egalitarian policies. |
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... February 1815 , young Stevens left home to settle in York.21 Prior to leaving Vermont , Stevens had already formed some of the lasting , firmly held opinions for which he was to become widely known . Hating aris- tocracy , he exhibited ...
... February 1815 , young Stevens left home to settle in York.21 Prior to leaving Vermont , Stevens had already formed some of the lasting , firmly held opinions for which he was to become widely known . Hating aris- tocracy , he exhibited ...
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... February 1815 , he had been teaching steadily and studying with Cassat , and in August 1816 he decided that he was ready . Unfortunately , however , the county had a rule against the admis- sion to the bar of anyone who had not met ...
... February 1815 , he had been teaching steadily and studying with Cassat , and in August 1816 he decided that he was ready . Unfortunately , however , the county had a rule against the admis- sion to the bar of anyone who had not met ...
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... February 1830 he was elected one of the managers of the Temperance Society , an organization advocating a cause close to his heart . Yet surprisingly , in spite of it , he retained the confidence of the far from abstemious Pennsylvania ...
... February 1830 he was elected one of the managers of the Temperance Society , an organization advocating a cause close to his heart . Yet surprisingly , in spite of it , he retained the confidence of the far from abstemious Pennsylvania ...
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... February 1830. Another meeting on January 6 passed resolutions calling for the establishment of a newspaper , or rather the taking over of the Star to make it the Anti - Masonic Star , and elected Stevens to a committee to find a ...
... February 1830. Another meeting on January 6 passed resolutions calling for the establishment of a newspaper , or rather the taking over of the Star to make it the Anti - Masonic Star , and elected Stevens to a committee to find a ...
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... February 10 , 1834 , he submitted a motion for the establishment of a committee to inquire into the role of the commonwealth in judicial proceedings involving both Masons and non- Masons , and especially the propriety of making ...
... February 10 , 1834 , he submitted a motion for the establishment of a committee to inquire into the role of the commonwealth in judicial proceedings involving both Masons and non- Masons , and especially the propriety of making ...
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Legislative Leader | 37 |
AntiMason in Trouble | 48 |
Reluctant Coalitionist | 62 |
Antislavery Whig | 73 |
Emerging Republican | 87 |
Lincolns Critic and Eulogist | 150 |
Radical Reconstructionist | 161 |
Fugleman of the Joint Committee | 174 |
Leader of the ThirtyNinth Congress | 189 |
Thwarted Congressional Manager | 200 |
Archfoe of the President | 210 |
Defeated Radical | 224 |
Epilogue | 239 |
Unionist Advocate | 100 |
War Leader | 111 |
Republican Firebrand | 124 |
Radical of Radicals | 137 |
Notes | 247 |
Bibliography | 287 |
Index | 301 |
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Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian Hans Louis Trefousse Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |
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