(CBS Local)-- Thaddeus Stevens is a name that many people aren't familiar with, but the former Republican Congressman was one of the most important voices in the fight against racism and slavery ...

The first thing you notice about Bruce Levine’s biography of Civil War-era congressman Thaddeus Stevens is that although the political alignments have changed, not much else has. Congress has always ...

Writing a biography of Lancaster’s 19th-century antislavery congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, “was sort of a long-term plan” for historian Bruce Levine. “He’s kind of a nearly lifelong hero of mine,” ...

THADDEUS STEVENS: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice. By Bruce Levine. Simon and Schuster. 320 pages. $28. Thaddeus Stevens spent much of his working life in government, first at the ...

Bruce Levine presented a vivid virtual lecture on Thaddeus Stevens a few days ago. The retired history professor based his LancasterHistory-sponsored talk on his new biography, “Thaddeus Stevens: ...

Bruce Levine, Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2020 The name of Thaddeus Stevens is too little known today. Bruce Levine, professor ...

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 ...

Thaddeus Stevens is a name that not nearly enough Americans have heard. It never popped up when I was learning history in school, using textbooks that still described the "carpetbaggers" of ...

ALONG SOUTH QUEEN STREET IN LANCASTER, THERE’S A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING THE HOME OF ABOLITIONIST THADDEUS STEVENS. SOON, THE BRICK THREE STORY WILL BE KNOWN AS THE STEVENS AND SMITH CENTER FOR HISTORY AND ...