The famous speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania : in opposition to the repeal of the common school law of 1834, in the House of representatives of Pennsylvania, April 11, 1835
"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."
Installation of the Honorable Thaddeus Stevens in the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame : an address by John Ward Willson Loose 16 November 1974 at Founders Hall, Girard College, Philadelphia / by John Ward Willson Loose
Chapters: Vermont --- Gettysburg --- Lancaster --- Washington
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Summary
A fictionalized biography of Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania representative to the U.S. House of Representatives, by Pennsylvania author Elsie Singmaster.
