The scorpion's sting antislavery and the coming of the Civil War
Introduction: at stake -- "Like a scorpion girt by fire" -- The right versus the wrong of property in man -- Race conflict -- The wars over wartime emancipation -- Epilogue: Harriet Beecher Stowe and her British sisters
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
W. W. Norton & Company
2015
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| Ausgabe: | First published as a Norton paperback |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: at stake -- "Like a scorpion girt by fire" -- The right versus the wrong of property in man -- Race conflict -- The wars over wartime emancipation -- Epilogue: Harriet Beecher Stowe and her British sisters 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | 207 Seiten 1 Illustration 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780393351217 978-0-393-35121-7 9780393239935 978-0-393-23993-5 |