The Papers Of Thaddeus Stevens Volume 2

Thaddeus Stevens has been called u201cthe greatest dictator Congress ever had,u201d a man who in 1867 held more political power than any man in the nation, including the president. In his day Stevens grappled with many of the issues that confront us today: racial and economic equality, affirmative action, and equal access to education. The second volume of a two-volume edition covers Stevenu2019s later years during the tumultuous period from the end of the Civil War to his death in1868. It inclu