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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves

byAdam Hochschild

Adam Hochschild uses Bury the Chains to investigate prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves through a carefully framed historical account. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and social science. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Publication date

December 8, 2004

Format

Print edition

Pages

468

ISBN

9780618619078