Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut)

Thaddeus Stevens, nineteenth-century egalitarian, Hans L. Trefousse

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Thaddeus Stevens

Hans L. Trefousse

nineteenth-century egalitarian

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