Book description
Eighteenth-century Britain was the world’s leading centre for the slave
trade. Profits soared and fortunes were made, but in 1788 things began
to change.
Bury The Chains
tells the remarkable story of the men who sought to end slavery and
brought the issue to the heart of British political life.
‘Hochschild's marvellous book is a timely reminder of what a small
group of determined people, with right on their side, can achieve.
Carefully researched and elegantly written, with a pacy narrative that
ranges from the coffee houses of London to the back-breaking sugar
plantations of the West Indies, it charts the unlikely success of the
first international human rights movement' Saul David, Literary Review
'Hochschild is such a gifted researcher and story-teller that he never
fails to hold the reader's attention. . . For all its terrible theme,
Hochschild's book is not in the least depressing, because it is suffused
with admiration for the courage and enlightenment of the men and women
who crusaded against this evil, and finally prevailed' Max Hastings,
Sunday Telegraph
'Thought-provoking, absorbing and well-written' Brendan Simms,
Sunday Times
'Stirring and unforgettable' Economist
Adam Hochschild is the author of King Leopold's Ghost
, which was awarded the prestigious Duff Cooper Prize. He teaches
writing at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of
California at Berkley.
