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Bury the Chains Prophets & Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empires Slaves
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This is a well-written, readable account of the British movement to end the trade in slaves. Hochschild argues, with justification, that this movement was in some ways the template for all future political movements, complete with newsletters, buttons, and boycotts. The main weakness of the book, in my view, is its failure to appreciate the transatlantic nature of the anti-slavery movement in the late 18th and early 19th century. Hochschild mentions only a few American antislavery advocates (curiously including Jefferson in his list); he fails to mention John Jay (who served as first president of the New York Manumussion Society from 1784 onwards) and Alexander Hamilton (another member of the NY Manumussion Society and proponent during the Revolution of a scheme to enlist blacks in the army and "give them their freedom with their muskets.") Anthony Benezet, whose antislavery pamphlets preceded and indeed guided the British, is given a brief mention. Those interested in the US side of the story could consult Ron Chernow's book on Alexander Hamilton or my new biography of John Jay, set to appear in March, as well as more specialized works such as Zilversmit, First Emancipation.
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ISBN:
9780618619078
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Publication date:
12/01/2005
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MARINER BOOKS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
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496
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2005
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046442619073
Author:
Adam Hochschild
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Adam Hochschild
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Social history
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Great britain
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World History-England General
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Antislavery movements -- Great Britain.
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History
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Slavery
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