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

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Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil WarThe 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,

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.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/15/2015
ISBN: 9780393351217
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.60d
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