Ebook {Epub PDF} The Zong: A Massacre the Law and the End of Slavery by James Walvin

 · 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 bltadwin.ru: Yale University Press. This book is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of 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 .  · This book is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of slaves affected debates about slavery, and Author: James Walvin.

James Walvin is professor emeritus of history at the University of York and author of The Slave Trade (Thames Hudson, ), The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery (Yale University Press, ), and Freedom: The Overthrow of the Slave Empires (Robinson, ). The Zong: A Massacre, the Law the End of Slavery View larger image. By how the murder of slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the in famous Zong today. Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of theZong's voyage and the subsequent trial--a case brought to court not for the murder of the slaves but as a. ‎ "A lucid, fluent and fascinating account of the Zong. The book details the horror of the mass killing of enslaved Africans on board the ship in "—Gad Heuman, co-editor of The Routledge History of Slavery On Novem, Captain Collingwood of t.

The Zong Massacre () The slave ship Zong departed the coast of Africa on 6 September with slaves. Since this human chattel was such a valuable commodity at that time, many captains took on more slaves than their ships could accommodate in order to maximize profits. The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery. by. James Walvin. · Rating details · 61 ratings · 10 reviews. The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event. On Novem, 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 is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the.