A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic

A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic

THE ZORG: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery, by Siddharth Kara Within the blood-soaked history of the Atlantic slave trade, the vessel long known as “the Zong” stands out. It was a death ship of raging mortality on which the slavers, in 1781, decided to throw scores of enslaved sick people overboard to collect insurance premiums. The gruesome history of the Zong has long inspired artists, poets, novelists and play…