Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bury the chains Bury the chains Adam Hochschild An account of the first great human rights crusade, which originated in England in the 1780s and resulted in the freeing of hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. In 1787, twelve men gathe… OL15825553W
Proslavery Britain Proslavery Britain Paula E. Dumas "Proslavery Britain tells the untold story of the fight to defend slavery in the British Empire at the height of the slavery debates. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from art and literature to pr… OL22060085W
Caribbean slave revolts and the British abolitionist movement Caribbean slave revolts and the British abolitionist movement Gelien Matthews This book critically analyses the extent to which a dialectic existed between enslaved revolutionaries in the Caribbean colonies and white aboltionists in Britain. The latter commented on the self li… OL5831342W
Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery N. Rodgers,Nini Rodgers,NINI RODGERS v, 403 p. : 23 cm OL6244262W
Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce John Piper John Piper's succinct and superbly perceptive study of William Wilberforce deserves to become an acclaimed bestseller. It not only tells the story of a great man's life-it also tells us how to unders… OL8318820W