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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... governor of Pennsylvania , Stevens was active in the campaign against Andrew Shulze , the capable ex - clergyman and legislator who had been designated by the Democratic Republicans . A member of the committee of correspondence to keep ...
... governor of Pennsylvania , Stevens was active in the campaign against Andrew Shulze , the capable ex - clergyman and legislator who had been designated by the Democratic Republicans . A member of the committee of correspondence to keep ...
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... governor against the Jacksonian Democrat George Wolf , and shortly afterward an Anti - Masonic meeting was advertised in Gettysburg . " The citizens of Adams County , " read the notice in the Sentinel , “ opposed to secret societies ...
... governor against the Jacksonian Democrat George Wolf , and shortly afterward an Anti - Masonic meeting was advertised in Gettysburg . " The citizens of Adams County , " read the notice in the Sentinel , “ opposed to secret societies ...
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... Governor Wolf . " It was obvious that Stevens played a dominant role in the new party . On December 28 , in a meeting at the courthouse , he was elected a delegate to the state convention scheduled to meet in February 1830. Another ...
... Governor Wolf . " It was obvious that Stevens played a dominant role in the new party . On December 28 , in a meeting at the courthouse , he was elected a delegate to the state convention scheduled to meet in February 1830. Another ...
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... governor , senator , and secre- tary of state - and Francis Granger , perennial New York candidate for execu- tive office who was to became William H. Harrison's postmaster general and who in 1830 presided over the Anti - Masonic ...
... governor , senator , and secre- tary of state - and Francis Granger , perennial New York candidate for execu- tive office who was to became William H. Harrison's postmaster general and who in 1830 presided over the Anti - Masonic ...
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... in Pennsylvania ran a slate of their own or supported Governor Wolf , who was vying for reelection against Ritner . While it would result in an increase of votes for Jackson , it would also turn more than. 30 → THADDEUS STEVENS ←
... in Pennsylvania ran a slate of their own or supported Governor Wolf , who was vying for reelection against Ritner . While it would result in an increase of votes for Jackson , it would also turn more than. 30 → THADDEUS STEVENS ←
Contenido
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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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