Bury the Chains
Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
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Book Description
From the author of the widely acclaimed King Leopold"s Ghost
comes the taut, gripping account of the world"s first grass-roots
human rights movement—the fight to free the British Empire"s slaves.
In early 1787, twelve men—a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others
united byContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Profits lost, honour gained
The history of the Atlantic slave trade raises two quite contradictory questions. The first is: how on earth could something so manifestly barbaric have been so universally tolerated? The second is: how on earth could something so universally tolerat ... (read full critics)
spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 496 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0618619070
- ISBN-13: 9780618619078
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Pub date: Feb 10, 2006
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| 9780618619078 | Paperback | $16.00 | $10.46 | bn.com |
| $16.00 | $9.99 | The Book Depository | ||
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Abolishing evil
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild 456pp, Macmillan, £20 Adam Hochschild's acclaimed account of the Belgian Congo, King Leopold's Ghost, told the tale of one of most terrible abuses of human rights: the theft of a vast country and the killing of betw ... (read full critics)