The Scorpion's Sting

An award-winning historian explores the long-standing strategy among antislavery leaders to end slavery peacefully by surrounding slave states with a "cordon of freedom" through federal action. This daring approach aimed to provoke a crisis that would lead southern states to abolish slavery themselves, a plan recognized and cited by the Confederacy during secession. The audiobook offers fresh insights into whether a peaceful path to emancipation existed, the timing of Lincoln’s actions, and the role of race in the politics of slavery, bringing listeners closer to understanding the pivotal events of the Civil War.