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Records related to slavery from the Exchequer, and its related bodies

Title
Records related to slavery from the Exchequer, and its related bodies [electronic resource], 1726-1796.

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England. Court of Exchequer.
Description
1 online resource (1 manuscript; 89 items).
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.
Series Statement
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery
Uniform Title
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
Subject
  • Zong (Ship)
  • Slave trade > Great Britain
  • Slave ships > Great Britain
Note
  • Reproduction of the original from the National Archives in Kew.
OCLC
  • 822973799
  • galsas3000829
Title
Records related to slavery from the Exchequer, and its related bodies [electronic resource], 1726-1796.
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.
Local Note
aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
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England. Court of Exchequer.
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