Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War by Oakes, James
Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War by Oakes, James

Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War

The image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread...
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Author: James Oakes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War by Oakes, James

Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War

$26.86
Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War by Oakes, James

Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War

$26.86
Author: James Oakes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

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: 06/15/2015
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780393351217

About the Author
Oakes, James: - James Oakes is one of our foremost Civil War historians and a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize for his works on the politics of abolition. He teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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