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Thaddeus Stevens Civil War revolutionary, fighter for racial justice

"The definitive biography of one of the 19th century's greatest statesmen, encompassing his decades-long fight against slavery, his key role in the Union war effort, and his postwar struggle to bring racial justice to America." -- Amazon.com.

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Main Author: Levine, Bruce C., 1949- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Stevens, Thaddeus, > 1792-1868.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States > History > 1849-1877.
Biographies.
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Summary:"The definitive biography of one of the 19th century's greatest statesmen, encompassing his decades-long fight against slavery, his key role in the Union war effort, and his postwar struggle to bring racial justice to America." -- Amazon.com.
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.
Physical Description:309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-290) and index.
ISBN:9781476793375
1476793379
Author Notes:Bruce Levine is the bestselling author of several books on the Civil War era, including The Fall of the House of Dixie and Confederate Emancipation , which received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship and was named one of the top ten works of nonfiction of its year by The Washington Post . He is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois .

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