Bury the Chains: Prophets & Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves by Adam Hochschild

Bury the Chains: Prophets & Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves

Adam Hochschild

468 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
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From the author of the prize-winning King Leopold's Ghost comes a taut, thrilling account of the first grass-roots human rights campaign, which freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. In 1787, twelve men gathered in a London printi...

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informative 85%
inspiring 71%
reflective 71%
dark 42%
adventurous 28%
challenging 28%
emotional 28%
hopeful 28%
sad 28%

Pace

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slow 16%

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