Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 248 pages)
,
illustrations, map
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300125550
,
0300180756
,
9780300125559
,
9780300180756
Inhalt:
On 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. This book examines the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, and how the murder of 132 slaves affected debates about slavery
Inhalt:
A painting and a 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 -- Remembering the Zong
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Walvin, James Zong New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Mehr zum Autor:
Walvin, James 1942-
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