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

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

James Oakes

208 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Surrounded by a ring of fire, the scorpion stings itself to death. The image, widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War, captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abolition: they would surround the slave states with a cord...

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