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- Author: Adam Hochschild
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Year: 2006
- Pages: 554
- ISBN: 9780547526959
- ISBN-10: 0547526954
- ISBN-13: 9780547526959
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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From the author of King Leopold’s Ghost, a narrative history of the social justice campaign formed in the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.In early 1787, twelve men—a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery—came together in a London printing shop and began the world's first grass-roots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due.
- Author: Adam Hochschild
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Year: 2006
- Pages: 554
- ISBN: 9780547526959
- ISBN-10: 0547526954
- ISBN-13: 9780547526959
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
In early 1787, twelve men—a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery—came together in a London printing shop and began the world's first grass-roots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due.
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