{"product_id":"book-k5la","title":"The Zorg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Pulitzer finalist and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author comes the account of a notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom and sparked the US abolitionist movement. This program is read by Dion Graham, multiaward-winning narrator.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late October 1780, a slave ship set sail from the Netherlands, bound for Africa's Windward and Gold Coasts, where it would take on its human cargo. The \u003cem\u003eZorg-\u003c\/em\u003ea Dutch word meaning \"care\"-was one of thousands of such ships, but the harrowing events that ensued on its doomed journey were unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter reaching Africa, the \u003cem\u003eZorg \u003c\/em\u003ewas captured by a privateer and came under British command. With a new captain and crew, the ship was crammed with 442 slaves and departed in 1781 for Jamaica. But a series of unpredictable weather events and mistakes in navigation left the ship drastically off course and running out of water. So a proposition was put forth: Save the crew and the most valuable of the slaves-by throwing dozens of people, starting with women and children, overboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat followed was a fascinating legal drama in England's highest court that turned the brutal calculus of slavery into front-page news. The case of the \u003cem\u003eZorg\u003c\/em\u003e catapulted the nascent anti-slavery movement from a minor evangelical cause to one of the most consequential moral campaigns in history-sparking the abolitionist movement in both England and the young United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiddharth Kara utilizes primary-source research, gripping storytelling, and painstaking investigation to uncover the \u003cem\u003eZorg\u003c\/em\u003e's journey, the lives and fates of the slaves on board, and the mysterious identity of the abolitionist who finally revealed the truth of what happened on the ship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50408138277168,"sku":"BDk5la","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/k5la-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770082410","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k5la","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}