History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2278 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thaddeus Stevens
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The idea
Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania held that the southern states had forfeited their rights by seceding, becoming conquered territory the federal government could organise as it wished.
In practice
His vision of plantation land redistribution and of military control.
Where people slip
Note how far that is from Lincoln's position at entry 2261, that secession was legally invalid and the states never left.
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