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The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery (1st Edition) by James Walvin Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-300-12555-0 / 0300125550 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-12555-9 / 9780300125559 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 November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for sla |