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5 Jun 2017, 9:00 am by Russell Spivak
On December 4, 1865, Representative Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, the ardent abolitionist leading the charge for the 13th Amendment, “introduce[d] a resolution to create a Joint Committee on Reconstruction. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 10:32 am by admin
Thaddeus Stevens,18 wanted to grant freed slaves full civil rights, both out of moral sentiment and to create a Republican power base.19 The “black codes”20 and laws that denied freedmen entry into the states21 hampered the Radicals’ goals, as did Supreme Court precedent favoring states rights (often regarding slavery).22 After President Johnson vetoed23 a civil rights bill24 that would have eliminated the black codes, Stevens sought to usurp power from the President. [read post]