Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History
A National Book Award Finalist
A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller

In early 1787, twelve men–a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery–came together in a London printing shop and began the world s first grassroots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement s leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted 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 gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last.