Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves

Author(s)

• Hochschild, Adam

Bibliographic Information

Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves

Adam Hochschild

Houghton Mifflin, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-427) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The author of King Leopold's Ghost offers a stirring account of the first great human rights crusade, which originated in England in the 1780s and resulted in the freeing of hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world.

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Details

• NCID: BA72171330
• ISBN:
  • 0618104690
• LCCN: 2004054091
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 468 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HT1163
  • DC22 : 326/.8/0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century