Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery by Adam Hochschild

Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery

Adam Hochschild

467 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This is the story of a handful of men, led by Thomas Clarkson, who defied the slave trade and ignited the first human rights movement. Beginning in 1788, a group of Abolitionists moved the cause of anti-slavery from the floor of Parliament to the ...

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