The Zong massacre was a mass killing of more than 130 enslaved African people by the crew of the British slave ship Zong over several days from 29 November 1781. [a] The William Gregson slave-trading syndicate, based in Liverpool, owned the ship as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

Oct 11, 2011 · The slave ship Zong departed the coast of Africa on 6 September 1781 with 470 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.

With a new make-shift crew, captained by Luke Collingwood, an experienced slave-ship surgeon, the Zong traded at Cape Coast and Accra, accumulating a final complement of 442 enslaved Africans.

November 2021 saw the 240th anniversary of perhaps the darkest episode in the grim history of the British slave trade: the mass murder of 133 Africans from the Liverpool ship Zong.

May 26, 2023 · The crew of the slave ship Zong, battered by illness and running low on water, made the cruel decision when their journey to Jamaica took longer than expected. They jettisoned more than 100 captives over several days, who, still chained, quickly sank beneath the waves.

Jun 10, 2020 · Hearing arguments in the case of the Zong, a slave ship, the Chief Justice of the King’s Bench in London states that a massacre of enslaved African “was the same as if Horses had been thrown ...

Jun 19, 2018 · On November 29, December 1 and other days later in 1781, 85 Ghanaian men, women and children were thrown overboard The Zong, a slave ship that was due to arrive in Jamaica. In protest, 10 more...

Feb 21, 2023 · In November 1781, the captain and crew of the British slave ship Zong threw 133 African slaves overboard, killing them. The reason for this act of brutality was to claim insurance money.

One of the biggest cases in the history of the Atlantic Slave trade brought out the issues of carelessness and selfish acts. The story of the slave ship Zong gives a remarkable account of how slaves were being murdered.

Feb 27, 2025 · One of the most infamous incidents in the history of the transatlantic slave trade took place in 1781 aboard the slave ship Zong. The ship, owned by a syndicate that included George Case and William Gregson, departed from Accra on August 18, 1781, with 442 enslaved Africans—more than twice the number it could safely transport.