Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War -- James Oakes, Paperback
The image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War. It captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abolition: they would surround the slave states with a cordon of freedom, constricting slavery and inducing the social crisis in which the peculiar institution would die. The image opens a fresh perspective on antislavery and the coming of the Civil War, brilliantly explored here by one of our greatest historians of the period.
Author: James Oakes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 6/15/2015
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57 lbs
Size: 8" H x 5.4" L x 0.6" W
ISBN: 9780393351217
