Zong Massacre: Maritime Insurance Fraud and Abolitionist Uprising

In 1781, the captain of the British slave ship Zong made a calculated, cold-blooded decision. Running low on drinking water due to navigational errors, he ordered 133 enslaved Africans to be thrown overboard. But the true horror of the event was not just the murder; it was the financial strategy behind it. The Zong Massacre details how the ship's owners shamelessly filed an insurance claim upon ...