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US Congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, My 4th Greatest American

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Steve Simms

Tommy Lee Jones plays Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Lincoln. However, many Americans have no idea who Thaddeus Stevens was. Thaddeus Stevens was born in 1792 in Vermont to a poor family and was abandoned by his father … Continue reading →

Posted in biography, black history, history, lifestyles, self-help | Tagged 13th amendment, 4th Greatest American, Abraham Lincoln, against slavery, all men are created equal, black codes, blacks to be involved in politics, blacks to vote, charter rules, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, club foot, constitutional amendments, dared speak up for human rights, death, Declaration, driven out, equal rights, equality of man before his Creator, father, forced-labor, former Confederate office holders, Gettysburg, gospel of llberty, hair fell out, handicapped, harsh discrimination, human-bondage, ignored, illustrate, Jim Crow laws, killed, Lancaster, laws, legal backbone, Lincoln movie, new Constitutions, northern states, not a white man's government, Pennsylvania, persecuted, political blasphemy, political control of their former masters, practiced, President Andrew Johnson, principles, prominent lawyer, providing citizenship, public opinion, race, racial prejudice, rampant in America, representatives, seated, senators, Southern States, Steven Spielberg, strict segregation, Thaddeus Stevens, the North, the South, three million freed slaves, to be readmitted to the Union, tombston says, Tommy Lee Jones, US Congress, Vermont, violently opposed black freedom, voting rights to blacks, Washington, wore a wig | 8 Comments

The Grimke Sisters — My 6th Greatest American(s)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Steve Simms

Two sisters, daughters of a prominent South Carolina plantation owner, slaveholder, and judge; are my #6 Greatest American(s). Their names are Sarah Grimke (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimke (1805-1879). At age 5 Sarah saw a slave being whipped and tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in abolitionist movement, anti-slavery, Archibald Grimke, black history, Equality of The Sexes, Francis Grimke, Frederick Douglas, God, Harriet Beecher Stowe, history, John Brown, lifestyles, self-help, William Lloyd Garrison | Tagged American history, Angelina Grimke, black history, PBS, Sarah Grimke, Southern States, the abolitionists | 8 Comments

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US Congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, My 4th Greatest American

The Grimke Sisters — My 6th Greatest American(s)

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