Zong! by Setaey Adamu Boateng, Marlene NourbeSe Philip, Marlene NourbeSe Philip

225 pages 2008

1 edition

nonfiction history poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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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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