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The Zong Massacre: Insurance Fraud and Human Tragedy
In this episode, we examine the chilling legal aftermath of the Zong massacre of 1781. When the British slaver ship Zong ran aground off the coast of modern-day Colombia, Captain Collingwood and his crew made a calculated decision to throw 132 enslaved Africans overboard, claiming them as lost cargo rather than dead passengers. This act was not born of panic but of cold financial logic under the insurance policy held by the West India Merchants. We follow the subsequent legal battle in London, where lawyer Granville Sharp fought to expose the true nature of the crime, challenging Lord…
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