The Zong : a massacre, the law and the end of slavery / James Walvin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Walvin, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Zong (Slave ship).
• Slave trade--England--Liverpool--History--18th century.
• Slave trade--Jamaica--History--18th century.
• Enslaved persons--Violence against--History--18th century.
• Mass murder--History--18th century.
• Seafaring life--History--18th century.
• Trials--England--London--History--18th century.
• Marine insurance--Great Britain--History.
• Slavery--Law and legislation--Great Britain--History.
• Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History.
• Antislavery movements.
• History.
• Slavery--Law and legislation.
• Marine insurance.
• Trials.
• Seafaring life.
• Mass murder.
• Enslaved persons.
• Slave trade.
• Great Britain.
• England--London.
• Jamaica.
• England--Liverpool.

Physical Description:

xi, 248 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]

Contents:

• A painting and a ship
• The city built on slavery
• Crews and captives
• The making of the Zong
• All at sea
• An open secret
• In the eyes of the law
• A matter of necessity
• In the wake of the Zong
• Abolition and after
• Remembering the Zong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780300125559
• 0300125550

OCLC:

701242184