Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
480
Language
English
Published
Apr 1, 2012
Publisher
MacMillan
ISBN-10
1743291590
ISBN-13
9781743291597
Description
From the award-winning author of 'King Leopold's Ghost', the dramatic story of the men who ignited the first great human rights movement 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.