Oakes, James The Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War. W.W. Norton, $ ISBN The Importance of Antislavery Political Strategy If the devil is in the details, then The Scorpion’s Sting is on the side of the angels. In four brief chapters, James Oakes distills the ideas at the heart of hisAuthor: Chandra Manning. · The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming Civil War by James Oakes is enlightening from its first few pages. Oakes aims to re-contextualize our understanding of Southern Secession and Northern Abolitionist efforts. Some of the enterprise is tedious, especially in Chapter 4, but the enterprise itself is worth celebrating.4/5. · Overview. 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 bltadwin.ru: Norton, W. W. Company, Inc.
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The item The scorpion's sting: antislavery and the coming of the Civil War, James Oakes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. 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 Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War. James Oakes. Norton, $ (p) ISBN Oakes (Freedom National) takes an in-depth look at political.
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