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Records related to slavery from the Exchequer, and its related bodies 1726-1796.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zong (Ship).
- Slave trade--Great Britain.
- Slave trade.
- Slave ships.
- Great Britain.
- Slave ships--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 manuscript; 89 items).
- Other Title:
- Institution of slavery
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
- Place of Publication:
- 1726-1796.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- In 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong threw 250 sick slaves off the ship in order to collect insurance on the lost "cargo." From the Zong Massacre, two court cases emerged. Researchers interested in the massacre and subsequent cases will find information in E 112/1528, which has the Court of Exchequer Bill of Complaint, and E 127/47, which contains the injunction order from the Court of King's Bench.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the National Archives in Kew.
- Local Notes:
- aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
- OCLC:
- 822973799
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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