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August 13, 1868 South Carolina Mourns the Death of Abolitionist Thad Stevens
Thad Stevens was one of the great advocates for racial equality in the United States Congress. When he died, there was an outpouring of sadness…
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When Thad Stevens Died the Old Abolitionist Was With Black Preachers and Catholic Nuns August 1868
Anyone who saw the movie Lincoln remembers the masterful portrayal of Thad Stevens by Tommy Lee Jones. Old Thad is portrayed as a dedicated racial…
Anna Dickinson: Don’t Hide Principles of Equality Behind Grant’s Cigar Smoke on Votes for Blacks June 1868
Anna Dickinson was a teen sensation as an abolitionist public speaker in the late 1850s. During the Civil War she became the first woman to…