Question: Which Reconstruction Era politician from namesake Pennsylvania county was known to fight against slavery and discrimination against African-Americans?
Sentence (from "Thaddeus Stevens"): As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the American Civil War, he played a leading role, focusing his attention on defeating the Confederacy, financing the war with new taxes and borrowing, crushing the power of slave owners, ending slavery, and securing equal rights for the Freedmen.
Relevant evidence: No