Records related to slavery from the Exchequer, and its related bodies
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Published: 1726
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource],
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Slave trade; Slave ships; Zong (Ship)
Description: In 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong threw 250 sick slaves off the ship in order to collect insurance on the lost "cargo." From the Zong Massacre, two court cases emerged. Researchers interested in the massacre and subsequent cases will find information in E 112/1528, which has the Court of Exchequer Bill of Complaint, and E 127/47, which contains the injunction order from the Court of King's Bench.
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the National Archives in Kew.