The scorpion's sting : antislavery and the coming of the Civil War /
Explores the Civil War and the anti-slavery movement, specifically highlighting the plan to help abolish slavery by surrounding the slave states with territories of freedom and discusses the possibility of what could have been a more peaceful alternative to the war.
Main Author: | Oakes, James (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
[2014]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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