Thaddeus Stevens

representative by the name of Thaddeus Stevens was a large presence. Stevens was an abolitionist and worked hard before and during the war, and through reconstruction to promote equality and change in the nation. Stevens was born on the 7th of April in 1792 in a town in Vermont, close to Danville. Born to Joshua and Sarah (Morrill) Stevens, he was the second of four sons. After the birth of his youngest brother, his father began leaving home more often. Joshua Stevens completely disappeared in the

man army, the 55th Regiment of Colored Soldiers. For political reasons out of Washington, the homestead was eventually dismantled. It was Thaddeus Stevens (White abolitionist represent-ative from Pennsylvania and a facilitator of the Under-ground Railroad) who introduced the Freedman’s Bureau Bill to Congress in 1866 and fought zealously for its implement-ation. He, beside Fredrick Douglas and other abolitionist, persistently impressed upon Lincoln to mobilize and arm Black Union soldiers and slaves

the South should be punished for their role in the Civil War. As stated by Thaddeus Stevens in his speech, “It matter but litter, with this admission, whether you call them States out of the Union, and now conquered territories, or assert that because the Constitution forbids them to do what they did do, that they are therefore only dead as to all national and political action…” (Thaddeus Stevens Speech 1) Thaddeus Stevens believed that the South was dead to them and that they deserved a punishment

Representative Thaddeus Stevens, a Republican who represents Pennsylvania’s 8th district and then later the 9th district, was a great Congressman because of his powerful oratory skills, and his arduous efforts in abolition, black civil rights, and better opportunities for the common man. As an opponent of slavery and the discrimination of blacks, he opposed the fugitive slave law and the Compromise of 1850. His passionate verbal sparring and witty diatribe, in addition to his unwavering stance of

Thaddeus Stevens gave a speech on September 6th, 1865 in which he advocated that the treatment of the captured southern states make use of the “extreme rights of war - ’to execute, to imprison, to confiscate.’ “ (Furman). Stevens sought to have the confederate states that were seized to establish governments that would be “republican in form and principles” (Furman) to better work with existing union government. Stevens goes on to specify that the new governments formed should abolish slavery and

A quote by Thaddeus Stevens himself, “I do not believe, sir, in human perfection, nor in the moral purity of human nature.” (Thaddeus, 2016). Since Stevens was a young child, he experienced the cruel aspect of human nature from his father and his absence towards his family. Steven’s mother was forced to raise him and his three other siblings on her own in poverty due to an insignificant income. (Cannato, 2016). Not only did Stevens have that certain disadvantage already for being so young, but he

of every Southern slave,” Thaddeus Stevens once wrote, “that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs.” Stevens, known as “The Old Commoner,” was a famed abolitionist and Congressman who advocated not only for an end to slavery, but also for equality between races. In pursuance of these ends, Stevens served an instrumental role in drafting the 14th Amendment, helped form much of Reconstruction, and led the effort to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Thaddeus Stevens was born in Vermont in 1792

Thaddeus Stevens was a hero and a proactive politician after winning presidency in the Borough Council of Gettysburg in 1822 by publically standing up for minority groups such as the Native Americans and Jews. After becoming a member of the House of Representatives, most of his career was focused solely on the abolition of slavery, but still helped the southern states on their expenses after the Civil War loss. To historians he is broadly known as someone that always expedited for black civil

Thaddeus Stevens and Abraham Lincoln were alike in many ways, they both wanted to end slavery and undertake the task of doing what was best for the country. Furthermore, they both spent a good deal of their lives trying to accomplish this goal. Although, they both accomplished this, the ways in which they wanted to deal with the aftermath of this amendment was very different. Thaddeus Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont on April 4th, 1792. Stevens had a difficult start in life, with his father

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