How 132 People Were Thrown Overboard for Insurance Money - The Zong Massacre
In 1781, the crew of the British slave ship Zong threw 132 enslaved Africans overboard to claim insurance money. When the case reached court, it was argued as property loss—not murder. This is the shocking true story of how the legal system valued human lives as cargo, and how one massacre helped spark the abolition movement.
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