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Bury the Chains

Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free An Empire's Slaves
Documenting the fight to ban slavery in the British Empire, BURY THE CHAINS: PROPHETS AND REBELS IN THE FIGHT TO FREE AN EMPIRE'S SLAVES (Houghton Mifflin, $26.95) is inspirational and gripping. Facing impossible odds, the prophets and rebels of the subtitle set out to accomplish the "inevitable" in a grassroots campaign for human rights.