General Information

Author/Creator

Hochschild, Adam, 1942-

Language

English.

Published

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2005.

Physical Description

viii, 468 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

We cannot imagine citizen activism without boycotts, mass mailings, political posters, lapel buttons, or media campaigns. Yet all these weapons were invented or perfected by a printer, a lawyer, a cleric, several merchants, and a musician who first convened in a London bookshop in 1787. Their goal: to end slavery in the largest empire on earth. They combined fiery devotion with uncanny skill at stoking public opinion. Within five years, more than 300,000 Britons were boycotting the chief slave-made product, sugar, and London"s smart set was sporting antislavery badges created by Josiah Wedgwood. This crusade was spearheaded by a striking array of personalities, among them Olaudah Equiano, an ex-slave whose memoir made him famous; John Newton, a former slave ship captain who wrote "Amazing Grace"; and Thomas Clarkson, a pioneering investigative journalist who worked for fifty years to see the day when a slave whip and chains were formally buried in a Jamaican churchyard. Like Hochschild"s classic King Leopold"s Ghost, Bury the Chains abounds in atmosphere, high drama, and nuanced portraits of epic heroes and villains. Again Hochschild gives a little-celebrated historical watershed its due at last.

Subjects

Subject

Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 18th century.

Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Adam Hochschild.

ISBN

0618104690

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	326/.8/0941 HOC		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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