1. “Equality of Man Before His Creator”: Thaddeus Stevens’s Struggle for Radical Reconstruction on December 4, 1865 Open Access Author: Royer, Curtis M Title: “Equality of Man Before His Creator”: Thaddeus Stevens’s Struggle for Radical Reconstruction on December 4, 1865 Area of Honors: American Studies (Harrisburg) Keywords: Thaddeus StevensStevensThaddeusCivil WarReconstructionAndrew JohnsonJohnsonAndrewFourteenth Amendment1865CongressRadical RepublicanPoliticsHistoryAmerican Studies File: Download SchreyerThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: John Rogers Haddad, Thesis SupervisorJohn Rogers Haddad, Thesis Honors AdvisorAnne Verplanck, Faculty ReaderDr. Ronald Walker, Faculty Reader