Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
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Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
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- Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves
- 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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- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueClarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 19th century
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueSlavery
- trueSlave trade -- Great Britain -- History
- trueAbolitionists -- Great Britain -- History
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- Antislavery movements -- History
- trueAntislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- trueHuman rights
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- 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
- Award
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- Lionel Gelber Prize (Canada), 2006.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 2005.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2005
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
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- Library Journal Starred
- Pub Weekly
- Booklist
- 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
- Target audience
- adult
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