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Author:

Walvin, James.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

248 p.

Subject:

Zong (Slave ship)
Slave-trade.--Liverpool--Liverpool--History--18th century.
Slave-trade.--Jamaica--History--18th century.
Slaves--History--History--18th century.
Mass murder--History.--18th century.
Seafaring life--History--18th century.
Trials--London--London--History--18th century.
Marine insurance--Great Britain--History.
Slavery--History.--Great Britain--History.
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History.

Notes:

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.

LCCN:

2011001489

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)