"A relationship between [Thaddeus] Stevens and...[Robert Boston] is an important counter narrative. Most traditional accounts of the local Underground Railroad activity emphasize the actions of white stationmasters such as William Wright in Columbia or Daniel Gibbons in Bird-in-Hand. African-American involvement while not ignored is generally presented as being of secondary importance. Each demonstrable piece of evidence of Black involvement in effort to combat slavery strengthens arguments for a tradition of Black agency and necessitates a reassessment of the lives and experiences of African Americans in the Antebellum Era."
Includes glossary, notes, and bibliographic references.
Summary
For young people and history-challenged adults, an easy-to-read, fictionalized bio of a re-discovered American 'hero' Thad sets out on his mission: To hold the country accountable for the primary principle of the Declaration of Independence, "All men are created equal." Along the way, he seizes opportunities, makes mistakes, rejects compromise, creates enemies, conducts on the Underground Railroad, authors amendments, and impeaches a president. [from the publisher]
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 106, no. 2 (Fall 2004).
Relates the political actions of prominent Lancaster men who banned the showing of the the two silent films "The Clansman" and The Birth of a Nation" at the Fulton Opera House. The latter was then shown at the Columbia Opera House. Both films were thought to reflect negatively on Thaddeus Stevens.
Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith National Historic Landmark : Presentation of a preliminary concept plan Friday, January 5, 2001 Southern Market, Lancaster, PA based on recommendations to the Lancaster County Convention Authority, November 15, 2000
Comprised of definitions of a national landmark and related information, biographies of Stevens and Hamilton, the conceptual plan, commentary consisting of a number of articles from local newspapers, and file of the city clerk: Council Resolution no. 23-2001.
