Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
#376 of 3,809 books · #133 in History
Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2005). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.
Like the author's classic "King Leopold's Ghost," this new work abounds in atmosphere, high drama, and nuanced portraits of epic antislavery crusaders, heroes, and villains in Britain.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ISBN-13
- 9780618104697
- Genre
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryWon(2005)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2005)
Other awarded books from Adam Hochschild
- King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (2019)1 win · 9 score
- To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 (2011)0 wins · 7 score
- Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 (2016)0 wins · 5 score
- American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis (2022)0 wins · 1 score
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