01268cam a2200301 i 4500 513093938 TxAuBib 20140512120000.0 140507s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013049978 9780393239935 hardcover 0393239934 hardcover (OCoLC)872377655 DLC eng rda DLC DLC TxAuBib rda Oakes, James. The scorpion's sting : antislavery and the coming of the Civil War / James Oakes. First edition. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2014. 207 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 20140512. Antislavery movements United States History 19th century. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes.