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13 de sept. de 2012 · Summary. This article seeks to explore from a new angle the massacre associated with the slave ship Zong – that is, the murder of around 130 slaves at sea in 1781. Hitherto, the massacre has been looked at largely in terms of the law, particularly insurance law, and the commercial logic of the British slave trade.
- Jeremy M Krikler
- 2012
1 de jul. de 2013 · Six hundred and sixty-four people suffocated or drowned while the boat sank in the Maroni River, and the crew escaped: the greatest tragedy of its kind in the Atlantic slave trade, according to...
- Nina Siegal
16 de sept. de 2017 · Deveaux then testified about his coroner’s inquest, and Eliza’s exculpatory statement was read to the jury. South Carolina law had stated since 1740 that a slave owner, or one in control of a slave, was presumed guilty of murder if the slave died while under his or her command.
- Andrew T. Fede
Murder in the Slave Trade: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With James Stewart, James Luisi, Warren J. Kemmerling, Dick Gautier. Hawkins defends a star football player who is accused of killing his team's owner, a man who was apparently hated by plenty of other people as well, including his wife.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Paul Wendkos
- 1974-01-22
John Kimber was the captain of a British slave ship who was tried for murder in 1792, after the abolitionist William Wilberforce accused him of torturing to death an enslaved teenaged girl on the deck of his ship. Kimber was acquitted, but the trial gained much attention in the press.
13 de sept. de 2012 · Summary This article seeks to explore from a new angle the massacre associated with the slave ship Zong – that is, the murder of around 130 slaves at sea in 1781. Hitherto, the massacre has been looked at largely in terms of the law, particularly insurance law, and the commercial logic of the British slave trade.
1 de dic. de 2012 · A Chain of Murder in the Slave Trade: A Wider Context of the Zong Massacre. December 2012. Authors: Jeremy Krikler. Abstract. This article seeks to explore from a new angle the massacre...
