Zong A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery

Name: Zong A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery
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ISBN: 9780300125559

ISBN-10: 0300125550

ISBN-13: 9780300125559

Edition: 2011

Authors: James Walvin

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On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zongcommanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. The captain believed his ship was off course, and he feared there was not enough drinking water to last until landfall. This book is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of 132 slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the infamous Zongtoday. Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of the Zong's voyage and the subsequent triala case brought to court not for the murder of the slaves but as a suit against the insurers…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 10/18/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.89" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

James Walvin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York in England and an authority on the slave trade. His recent books include The Trader, the Owner, the Slave; A Short History of Slavery; and The Slave Trade.



List of Illustrations and Maps


Acknowledgments



A painting, and a slave ship



The city built on slavery



Crews and captives



The making of the Zong



All at sea



An open secret



In the eyes of the law



A matter of necessity



In the wake of the Zong



Abolition and after



Remembing the Zong


Notes


Further Reading


Index