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The Scorpion's Sting : Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War by James Oakes (2014, Hardcover)

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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 cordon of freedom. They planned to use federal power wherever they could to establish freedom: the western territories, the District of Columbia, the high seas. By constricting slavery they would induce a crisis: slaves would escape in ever-greater numbers, the southern economy would falter, and finally the southern states would abolish the institution themselves. For their part the southern states fully understood this antislavery strategy. They cited it repeatedly as they adopted secession ordinances in response to Lincoln's election. The scorpion's sting is the centerpiece of this fresh, incisive exploration of slavery and the Civil War: Was there a peaceful route to abolition? Was Lincoln late to emancipation? What role did race play in the politics of slavery? With stunning insight James Oakes moves us ever closer to a new understanding of the most momentous events in our history.

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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393239934
ISBN-13
9780393239935
eBay Product ID (ePID)
170101275

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Book Title
Scorpion's Sting : Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
Author
James Oakes
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Slavery, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
2014
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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8.6in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz

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E449.O115 2014
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In clear prose and with searing insight, James Oakes recovers the moral urgency and strategic vision behind the Republican drive to undermine the slave system. A work of great depth and empathy., Incisive, imaginative, surprising, completely original--everything that one would expect from the most eminent historian of emancipation., Oakes makes a distinctive contribution--by reconstructing the antislavery strategy that, in his view, forced slave owners into rebellion even at the risk of losing everything they were determined to defend... He writes about the war with a distinctive combination of satisfaction and sorrow., In four swift, clear strokes, James Oakes has rewritten the history of emancipation in the United States., With the direct, forthright style that marks his writings, Oakes makes clear that the secessionists were right when they claimed that the rise of the Republican party foretokened the death of slavery if they remained in the Union...If any reader still questions whether the Civil War was about slavery, this book overcomes all doubts., James Oakes has brilliantly reframed our understanding of the Civil War. It is no surprise that Oakes is the first scholar to recover the meaning of the scorpion's sting; his close readings of political documents, delivered in his lucid, elegant style, are virtually unrivaled., A fitting follow-up to Oakes's game-changing study, Freedom National, shedding further light on how the antislavery movement laid the groundwork for emancipation.
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2013-049978
Dewey Decimal
973.7/11
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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by N3MSZM3LTha@Del...Jul 01, 2016
Best Primer on History of Slavery and Emancipation
I have completed reading over 200 books on the Civil War Era 1833-1875, this was a quick read that was concisely logical and compelling. Mr. Oakes demonstrates a rare ability to not only present the evidence in chronological order but place every event in context of the state, national, and international perceptions and realities. The Civil War was a must happen event; if not in 1860, then in 1900, or 1960, or even today. The South was not ever willing to concede that slavery was anything but a positive good and that they were entitled by God to exercise the right to own slaves and to SPREAD IT TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND STATES! Even investing in the hopes and a plan to conquer the Carribean Nations/Territories, Mexico, and all of Central America AND bring slavery there in a more potent form and make the South the Capital of a slave empire. The self-righteous Southern Aristocracy would have sacrificed this Country as a Nation to accomplish this rendering ALL the Founding Fathers had sacrificed for, diminished for all time. This world would not have been a better place had the North gently let the South go in peace...peace was not possible. 620,000+ dead. Imagine the carnage today if this battle had been fought with the types of weapons we now have. The Scorpion's Sting makes perfect sense and slams home the documented and immutable truth that no nation can exist half slave and half free. D.S.N. BS'79 Political Science- American History and M.A. '03 in Educational Leadership.Read full review
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