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Bury the Chains

Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves

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Bury the Chains

By: Adam Hochschild
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From the author of the widely acclaimed King Leopold's Ghost comes the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history - the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.

In early 1787, 12 men - a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery - came together in a London printing shop and began a remarkable grass-roots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements.

A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last.

©2005 Adam Hochschild (P)2018 Tantor Great Britain Social Sciences World England Imperialism Funny Royalty King

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Spectacular. Essential and inspiring listening.

I was recommended this book and I am incredibly glad I downloaded it. It is if a period of history that I had no idea about. Although of a dark topic, the book as a whole is incredibly uplifting, inspiring and engaging. Definitive proof that a small group of determined citizens can change the world.

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More to slavery than I imagined.

The horrors of slavery were and still are a slur on mankind's history. Now we have slavery embroiled in progress of mankind at present in all it's variations. How and when will it end.

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