{"product_id":"book-i1uj","title":"The Zong","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\u003e and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\u003e, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of 132 slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the infamous \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\u003e today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian James Walvin explores all aspects of the \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eZong\u003c\/i\u003e, though unique in the history of slave ships, has come to be understood as typical of life on all such ships.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49351286423856,"sku":"BDi1uj","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49351286489392,"sku":"ZEi1uj","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49351286817072,"sku":"ZMi1uj","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i1uj-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780414060","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i1uj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}