"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.
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]
