This time the court decided that the Africans on board ... As with the captain of the Zong, he hoped that the insurance would cover the loss.

William Cowper wrote a poem to publicise the cause, called 'The Negro's Complaint'. The Zong court case shocked many people. In 1781, 132 enslaved people were killed by being thrown overboard in ...

A description of conditions on board the slave ships and an outline of the Zong case of 29 November 1781. Poor weather conditions and inept navigation resulted in a journey that took months rather ...