As Thaddeus Stevens lay dying in his Washington, D.C., residence on Monday, Aug. 10, 1868, two black ministers from the Israel Methodist Church paid a call. Standing by the deathbed, they told the ...
Arguably the most important opponent of slavery in American history, Thaddeus Stevens is also the most forgotten. If the abolitionist Pennsylvania congressman is known at all today, it’s thanks to ...
One of the pioneers of public education in the United States, Thaddeus Stevens is considered one of the most influential Americans who many people don't know anything about. "He was the most ...