{"product_id":"the-zong-a-massacre-the-law-and-the-end-of-slavery-paperback","title":"The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Walvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship \u003cem\u003eZong\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eZong\u003c\/em\u003e, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of 132 slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the infamous \u003cem\u003eZong\u003c\/em\u003e today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian James Walvin explores all aspects of the \u003cem\u003eZong\u003c\/em\u003e's voyage and the subsequent legal case - brought to court not for the murder of the slaves but because the insurers denied the owners' claim that their 'cargo' had been necessarily jettisoned. The scandalous case prompted wide debate and fuelled Britain's awakening abolition movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout the episode of the \u003cem\u003eZong\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eZong\u003c\/em\u003e, though unique in the case of slave ships, has come to be understood as typical of life - and death - on the Atlantic voyage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Walvin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus, University of York, and a world authority on transatlantic slavery. Among his many previous books are \u003ci\u003eBlack Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trader, The Owner, The Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in York, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44289348993126,"sku":"9780300253887","price":85.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WEFGZnA2S1dDODBhS1hYVXp0WEVZZz09.webp?v=1766746888","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-zong-a-massacre-the-law-and-the-end-of-slavery-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}