the case of th zong Flashcards
what caused the zong to travel an aditional 300 miles?
mistaking jamaica for the french colony of St Domingue. it is unclear who made the mistake
why did mistaking jamaca for st domoniqu cause problems?
it was claimed the ship only had 4 days of water left but the journy to jamaica was goimg to take 10 days
when was it decided to through slaves over boered?
29th november 1781
how many slaves where killed
in total 132 where thrown overboard on 3 seperate occasions
why did they feel this was exeptable
it would save the lives of the rest of the ‘cargo’ and crew
what happended to the captain after the slaves where sold in jamaca?
he died and the ships log disapeared
describe the first court case
ship owners made aclaim for each dead slve and the insurers questioned the clame but a jamacan court ordered the ensurers too pay
the second court case…
in the uk this time the liverpool owners took the insurance company to court because they still. hadnt payed the claim and the court again decided by law they had too pay
what did olaudah equiano do?
brought the case of the zong too the atention of granvile sharp in march 1783. he was insuccessfull at prosecuting the ships crew but raised alot of media attention
what happened on the 21st may 1783
the insurers went to the court of kings bench seeking a new trial. they argued the zong arived in jamaca with plenty of water as supplys had been topped up with rain. the third group of slaves did not neeed to be thrown overboared and it was decided there should be a new trial but there is no evidence this actuallly took place.
