Bury the Chains

Bury the Chains
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 0618619070
ISBN-13 : 9780618619078
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Book Synopsis Bury the Chains by : Adam Hochschild

Download or read book Bury the Chains written by Adam Hochschild and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a handful of men, led by Thomas Clarkson, who defied the slave trade and ignited the first great human rights movement. Beginning in 1788, a group of Abolitionists moved the cause of anti-slavery from the floor of Parliament to the homes of 300,000 people boycotting Caribbean sugar, and gave a platform to freed slaves.


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