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The Zong : a massacre, the law and the end of slavery
- Title
- The Zong : a massacre, the law and the end of slavery / James Walvin.
- Author
- Walvin, James.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 248 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Subject
- 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 > History. > Great Britain
- Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc D 11-1608
- ISBN
- 9780300125559 (hardback)
- 0300125550 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011001489
- OCLC
- 701242184
- Author
- Walvin, James.
- Title
- The Zong : a massacre, the law and the end of slavery / James Walvin.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 11-1608