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
Like the author's classic "King Leopold's Ghost," this new work abounds in atmosphere, high drama, and nuanced portraits of epic antislavery crusaders, heroes, and villains in Britain.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780618104697
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- AbolitionismBritish EmpireSlavery
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryWon(2005)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2005)
Other awarded books from Adam Hochschild
- King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
- To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
- Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
- American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
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