LEADER 04291nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910457826703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-29255-6 010 $a9786613292551 010 $a0-300-18075-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300180756 035 $a(CKB)2550000000056755 035 $a(OCoLC)758389538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10502589 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11377730 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680212 035 $a(PQKB)10711637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420738 035 $a(DE-B1597)485872 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300180756 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420738 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502589 035 $a(OCoLC)923596691 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000056755 100 $a20110124d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Zong$b[electronic resource] $ea massacre, the law and the end of slavery /$fJames Walvin 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12555-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1. A painting and a slave ship -- $tChapter 2. The city built on slavery -- $tChapter 3. Crews and captives -- $tchapter 4. The making of the Zong -- $tchapter 5. All at sea -- $tChapter 6. An open secret -- $tChapter 7. In the eyes of the law -- $tChapter 8. A matter of necessity -- $tChapter 9. In the wake of the Zong -- $tChapter 10. Abolition and after -- $tChapter 11. Remembering the Zong -- $tNotes -- $tFurther Reading -- $tIndex 330 $aOn November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded 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 Zong today.Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of the Zong's voyage and the subsequent trial-a case brought to court not for the murder of the slaves but as a suit against the insurers who denied the owners' claim that their "cargo" had been necessarily jettisoned. The scandalous case prompted wide debate and fueled Britain's awakening abolition movement. Without the episode of the Zong, Walvin contends, the process of ending the slave trade would have taken an entirely different moral and political trajectory. He concludes with a fascinating discussion of how the case of the Zong, though unique in the history of slave ships, has come to be understood as typical of life on all such ships. 606 $aSlave trade$zEngland$zLiverpool$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlave trade$zJamaica$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlaves$xViolence against$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aMass murder$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSeafaring life$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTrials$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aMarine insurance$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aAntislavery movements$zGreat Britain$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlave trade$xHistory 615 0$aSlave trade$xHistory 615 0$aSlaves$xViolence against$xHistory 615 0$aMass murder$xHistory 615 0$aSeafaring life$xHistory 615 0$aTrials$xHistory 615 0$aMarine insurance$xHistory. 615 0$aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory. 676 $a306.3/62094275309033 700 $aWalvin$b James$0218359 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457826703321 996 $aThe Zong$92444140 997 $aUNINA