Zong! by M. NourbeSe Philip

224 pages hardcover 2008

4 editions

nonfiction history poetry race challenging dark emotional 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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