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Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves, Adam Hochschild
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- Summary
- Chronicles the first grassroots human rights campaign, discussing how, in the late eighteenth century, twelve men banded together to try and stop slavery in the sugar industry, and as a result freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
- Title
- Bury the chains
- Title remainder
- prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Hochschild
- Title variation
- Prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
- Title variation remainder
- prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empires slaves
- Subject
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- trueSlavery
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAbolitionists -- Great Britain -- History
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- trueAntislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- History
- trueClarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 19th century
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- trueHuman rights
- trueSlave trade -- Great Britain -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Chronicles the first grassroots human rights campaign, discussing how, in the late eighteenth century, twelve men banded together to try and stop slavery in the sugar industry, and as a result freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world
- Summary
- Offers an 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
- Award
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- Lionel Gelber Prize (Canada), 2006.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 2005.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2005
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 154398
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
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- Library Journal Starred
- Pub Weekly
- Booklist
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hochschild, Adam
- Dewey number
- 326/.8/0941
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- Adult
- LC call number
- HT1163
- LC item number
- .H63 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
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- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
- Label
- Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves, Adam Hochschild
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-427) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13973128
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 468 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618104697
- Lccn
- 2004054091
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (InCu)8031EC192B3147D99C7E308073807086
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- Label
- Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves, Adam Hochschild
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-427) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13973128
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 468 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618104697
- Lccn
- 2004054091
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (InCu)8031EC192B3147D99C7E308073807086
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Subject
- trueSlavery
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAbolitionists -- Great Britain -- History
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- trueAntislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- History
- trueClarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 19th century
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- trueHuman rights
- trueSlave trade -- Great Britain -- History
Genre
Included in
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: History
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2005
- trueLionel Gelber Prize (Canada)
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