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

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

A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction for 2014.
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.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2015-06-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
UPCs 884516524133
EANs 9780393351217

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