The scorpion's sting

By James Oakes

Subjects: History, Antislavery movements, Antislavery movements, united states, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causes, Causes

Description: 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.