Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice

by Bruce Levine

Book Overview

A "powerful" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of one of the 19th century's greatest statesmen, encompassing his decades-long fight against slavery and his postwar struggle to bring racial justice to America.Thaddeus Stevens was among the first to see the Civil War as an opportunity for a second American revolution--a chance to remake the country as a genuine multiracial democracy. As one of the foremost abolitionists in Congress in the years leading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476793387
• ISBN13: 9781476793382
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.3"