Writing a biography of Lancaster’s 19th-century antislavery congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, “was sort of a long-term plan” for historian Bruce Levine. “He’s kind of a nearly lifelong hero of mine,” ...

THADDEUS STEVENS: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice. By Bruce Levine. Simon and Schuster. 320 pages. $28. Thaddeus Stevens spent much of his working life in government, first at the ...

Bruce Levine presented a vivid virtual lecture on Thaddeus Stevens a few days ago. The retired history professor based his LancasterHistory-sponsored talk on his new biography, “Thaddeus Stevens: ...

Bruce Levine, Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2020 The name of Thaddeus Stevens is too little known today. Bruce Levine, professor ...

Arguably the most important opponent of slavery in American history, Thaddeus Stevens is also the most forgotten. If the abolitionist Pennsylvania congressman is known at all today, it’s thanks to ...

Thaddeus Stevens was many things: super lawyer, ground breaking politician, ironmaster, real estate speculator and railroad developer. But his role as ...

The librarian held up the boots for us to see. They were very old, sturdy and custom made to fit the owner’s club foot. “This is our prized possession,” said Timothy Creamer, librarian at the Thaddeus ...

HER STORY. SHE WAS INTELLIGENT, BUT SHE WAS COMPASSIONATE. SHE WAS STRONG. SHE HAD GREAT AMBITION AND THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF THOSE STATEMENTS IS LYDIA HAMILTON SMITH, KNOWN BY SOME AS SIMPLY A ...

The great Pennsylvania lawyer and “radical Republican” legislator Thaddeus Stevens is known by many as an innovator and public policy trailblazer. While his work as a congressman to eliminate slavery ...

A new $19 million museum is expected to open in Lancaster County next year. The Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy, a museum and education center being developed ...