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224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780819571694
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 15 August 2011
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In November, 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ship's owners could collect insurance monies. Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision Gregson v. Gilbert—the only ...
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224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780819571694
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 15 August 2011
Description
In November, 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ship's owners could collect insurance monies. Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision Gregson v. Gilbert—the only ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings