Book description
Eighteenth-century Britain was the world's leading centre for the slave trade. Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild, author of the Duff Cooper prize-winning King Leopold's Ghost, charts the history of the moment everything changed.
In 1788, the slave trade flourishing across the British Empire, amassing wealth beyond measure. Bury the…
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1 author picked Bury the Chains as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love history that is thoroughly researched yet told in a fluent, colloquial way. The best historians also have a knack for finding an arc that gives their subject the feel of drama, like a novel, but often better.
Adam Hochschild does these things. He’s a masterful storyteller.
From David's list on heroes who stopped trans-Atlantic slavery.
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