- Legal proceedings
When news of the Zong massacre reached Great Britain, the ship's owners claimed compensation from their insurers for the loss of the slaves. The insurers refused to honour the claim and the owners took them to court. Zo… See more
Zong slave ship trial: insurance loss or mass murder?
Hearing arguments in the case of the Zong, a slave ship, the Chief Justice of the King’s Bench in London states that a massacre of enslaved African “was the same as if Horses had been …
The Zong Massacre (1781) - Blackpast
Oct 11, 2011 · The slave ship Zong departed the coast of Africa on 6 September 1781 with 470 slaves. Since this human chattel was such a valuable commodity at that time, many captains took on more slaves than their ships could …
Zong Massacre: What Happened & What Did It Mean For The …
- Before the Zongcase in 1783, the legal question of how insurance claims were affected should Africans be deliberately killed had not arisen. For that was all the Zong affair was concerned with: insurance. The massacre had been explained under a plea of necessity, forced on the crew by a shortage of water. The massive expansion of European trade to ...
The Zong Massacre: When Over 130 Enslaved People …
May 26, 2023 · The crew of the slave ship Zong, battered by illness and running low on water, made the cruel decision when their journey to Jamaica took longer than expected. They jettisoned more than 100 captives over several days, …
The Zong - Understanding Slavery
With a new make-shift crew, captained by Luke Collingwood, an experienced slave-ship surgeon, the Zong traded at Cape Coast and Accra, accumulating a final complement of 442 enslaved Africans. The ship and its human cargo, …
Zong | British slave ship | Britannica
In transatlantic slave trade: The Middle Passage. …incident on the slave ship Zong in 1781, when both Africans and crew members were dying of an infectious disease, Capt. Luke …
The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery on JSTOR
Gregson’s newly acquired slave ship, the Zong, was an unusual vessel for the 1780s. At 110 tons, she was relatively small, and when she finally set out on her Atlantic crossing, on 6 …
The Zong, 1781-1783 - The Triangular Trade - National …
The Zong was an overloaded slave ship which crossed the Atlantic in 1781. The ship missed its destination in the Caribbean and had to spend an extra three weeks at sea. Drinking water was growing...
The Zong Massacre - Our History
Dec 24, 2021 · In 1781 over 100 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard the Zong slave ship to allow the slave owners to collect insurance money on their human commodities. This is one of …