The story of the eighteenth-century slave ship Zong is one that continues to haunt the imaginations of artists and writers.

Sep 10, 2022 · Publication date 2011 Topics Zong (Ship) -- Poetry, Zong (Ship), Slaves -- Crimes against -- Poetry, Slave trade -- Poetry, Slaves -- Abuse of -- Poetry, Trials ...

Zong! #22 lives own their facts lying dead under seas in circumstance & happening declaration

In 1781 the captain of the slave ship, Zong, murders, by drowning, one hundred and fifty Africans so as to collect insurance monies. Through fragments of voices, shreds of memory and shards of silence, Zong! unravels the story that can only be told by not telling.

In late 1781, the British slave ship Zong, overloaded with enslaved Africans, embarked on a harrowing voyage that culminated in the reprehensible act of jettisoning more than 130 live human beings into the sea.

In 1781 a fully provisioned ship, the Zong,l captained by one Luke Collingwood, leaves the West Coast2 of Africa with a cargo of 470 slaves and sets sail for Jamaica. As is the custom, the cargo is fully insured.

the negroes is defend the dead weight of circumstanceground to usual & etc

I first found reference to the Zong incident in James Walvin’s Black Ivory, pub- lished in 1990. This was the inspiration for Zong! Diane Roberts recognized the worth of Zong! from its inception,and hersupport has been steadfast. Ian Baucom very kindly shared his archival research on the Zong massacre with me. Suzanna

On November 29th, 1781, somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean between the coast of West Africa and the island of Jamaica some 150 enslaved Africans are thrown alive overboard on orders of the captain of the slave-ship Zong.

In 1781 a fully provisioned ship, the Zong,1 captained by one Luke Collingwood, leaves the West Coast 2 of Africa with a cargo of 470 slaves and sets sail for Jamaica.