From the author from the widely acclaimed King Leopold’s Ghost comes the taut, gripping account of one of the very most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history-the fight to free the slaves from the British Empire. In early 1787, twelve men-a computer printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, among others united by their hatred of slavery-came collectively inside a London printing store and began a remarkable grass-roots movement, battling for the privileges of people on another continent.

Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement’s leaders pioneered a number of techniques which have been adopted simply by citizens’ movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains provides little-celebrated human rights watershed its credited at last.