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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4.29
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Moods

informative: 92%

reflective: 84%

inspiring: 61%

challenging: 30%

dark: 30%

adventurous: 23%

emotional: 23%

hopeful: 15%

sad: 15%


Pace

66% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
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