Bury the Chains

By: Adam Hochschild

History

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, twelve men - a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery - came together in a london printing shop and began the world's...