oct 12, 1865 - Radicalism: Stevens and Sumner

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| WHO: | Charles Sumner, a senator from Massachusetts, and Thaddeus Stevens, a lawyer and iron manufacturer who represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives | SHARED BELIEFS: | against slavery, pro black rights, urged Lincoln to free / arm slaves during beginning of war, favored suffrage in 1865 | ACTIONS: | Stevens proposed confiscating the land of disloyal planters and dividing it among slaves + northern migrants to south | Too radical, failed to pass

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