Bury The Chains

Prophets And Rebels In The Fight To Free An Empire's Slaves

BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD

Brief Description:
In 1787, twelve men Quaker and Episcopalian gathered in a London printing shop to pursue a seemingly impossible goal: ending slavery in the largest empire on earth. Along the way, they would pioneer most of the tools citizen activists still rely on today, from wall posters and mass mailings to boycotts and lapel pins. This talented group combined a hatred of injustice with uncanny skill in promoting their cause. By the 1830's they had seen the end of slavery in the British Empire.

Mariner 2005 468 PP. Paper

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