The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
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| Management number | 233460881 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$4.09 | Model Number | 233460881 | ||
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A Washington Post Notable Work of NonfictionThe 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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0393351211 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0393351217 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches |
| Item Weight | 6.1 ounces |
| Print length | 208 pages |
| Publication date | June 15, 2015 |
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