Since 2008, m. nourbeSe philip's Zong!has haunted readers with the submerged stories of a massacre on an 18th-century slave ship. Now 15 years later, an anniversary edition was published on Oct ...

Historians say the British-owned slave ship Zong left Ghana for the Caribbean with 442 captive Africans on board. But when the ship arrived in Black River on December 22, only 208 had survived the ...

It was a draft of a letter intended for the British Admiralty demanding criminal action against officers and crew of the Zong slave ship, for the murder of 132 Africans — 122 of whom had been ...

In November 1781, a massacre began on the Zong slave ship. The tragedy inspired the Canadian poem Zong! by M. NourbeSe Philip. She reflects on the mass murder, the bizarre court case, and the work ...

In 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw 132 captive Africans overboard to save drinking water and prevent rebellion. The ship's owners attempted to claim compensation for lost cargo.

The Zong case can be used as a case study into conditions on board slave ships. Replicate the dark cramped conditions of a slave ship in class, seating students together on the floor within marked ...

It was an unusual and distressing insurance claim – concerning a massacre of 133 captives, thrown overboard the Zong slave ship. The slave trade pioneered a new kind of finance, secured on the ...

The Slave Ship by JMW Turner depicts the Zong massacre. Wikimedia Financialisation today. Financialisation has since taken many forms, but basic elements remain the same.

In particular, the Adriana catastrophe reminded me of the case of the slave ship the Zong. (Its original name was actually Zorg , meaning “care” in Dutch, but a mistake was apparently made ...