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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt |
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Social group: soc Retirees lcdgt |
| Summary |
A portrait of the nineteenth-century statesman includes discussions of Stevens's decades-long fight against slavery, key role in the Union war effort, and postwar legislation for American racial justice. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Bringing "the spirit of John Brown" into government -- A son of Vermont -- A young man's outlook -- Resisting slavery's expansion, 1840-1850 -- From Whig to Republican, 1850-1856 -- "If this union should be dissolved" : Stevens and the road to war -- Steven's Civil War, part I: for victory through emancipation -- Steven's Civil War, part II: for black Union troops and nationwide abolition -- Steven's Civil War, part III: to rebuild the Union -- "In the midst of a revolution": Stevens and postwar Reconstruction -- "Perfecting a revolution": the ballot, the land, and impeachment -- "Equality of man before his creator." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- 1849-1877.
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Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868. (OCoLC)fst00007860
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United States. Congress. House. (OCoLC)fst00536930
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Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1849-1877
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| Genre/Form |
Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
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Biography.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Informational works.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781476793375 (hardcover) |
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1476793379 (hardcover) |
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