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Bury the Chains : Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
Bury the Chains Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
Author: Adam Hochschild
From the author of the prize-winning King Leopold's Ghost comes a taut, thrilling account of the first grass-roots human rights campaign, which freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. — In 1787, twelve men gathered in a London printing shop to pursue a seemingly impossible goal: ending slavery in the largest empire on earth. Along...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780618104697
ISBN-10: 0618104690
Publication Date: 1/7/2005
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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