LEADER 02488cam a22003254a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20201130145210.0 008 040803s2005 maua b 001 0 eng 010 2004054091 020 0618104690 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish 041 eng 042 pcc 043 e-uk--- 050 00 HT1163 |b.H63 2005 082 00 326/.8/0941 |222 100 1 Hochschild, Adam, |d1942- 245 10 Bury the chains : |bprophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves / |cAdam Hochschild. 260 Boston : |bHoughton Mifflin, |cc2005. 300 viii, 468 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-427) and index. 520 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. 650 0 Antislavery movements |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y18th century. 650 0 Antislavery movements |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y19th century. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6326_000000000000000__8_0941_HOC |70 |8GEN |9129842OSA |bOSA |d2020-11-30 |eOSA |l0 |o326/.8/0941 HOC |r2020-11-30 |w2020-11-30 |yBK |zDonation of School of Public Policy. |cOSA Repository 920 01 wXZbllX7 992 01 326_000000000000000__8_0941_HOC |bWXT_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ__R_ZQVY_IBN 966 |cIn the Research Room