For the first time, the complete, exciting story of the landmark trial that led to the abolition of slavery in the Western world.
Steven M. Wise, J.D., has taught at the Harvard, Vermont, and John Marshall law schools.He is president of the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights, which he founded in 1995.Wise's articles and books probe the roots of Western law.His books, which include Rattling the Cage and Drawing the Line, have been critically acclaimed worldwide.
[Wise] has an eye for evocative detail and an interest in the
trappings and procedures of an 18th-century courtroom that do as
much to engage the reader as the drama of the trials themselves
*New York Times Book Review*
Steven Wise's excellent book brings home the drama of this landmark
case in the history of human rights
*J. M. Coetzee*
[Wise] reminds us how a committed minority can persuade a majority
to see what at first they cannot or do not want to see
*The Economist*
A complex and absorbing look at the legal and social forces that
eventually led to the outcry against slavery throughout the Western
world
*Booklist*
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