About this episode

The episode discusses the historical case of the Zorg slave ship and its implications on the perception of enslaved Africans as people versus cargo.

In this episode, I sit down with Siddharth Kara, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery. In late 1780, a Dutch slave ship called the Zorg set sail for the coast of West Africa. Running low on supplies, its captain threw more than a hundred enslaved Africans overboard. When the ship's owners filed an insurance claim for their losses, the case ended up in a British courtroom. For the first time, a single question cut through the brutality of the slave trade: were the Africans on board people, or cargo? Audio Archives : International Slavery Museum Expansion | National Museums Liverpool The Biggest Myth About The American Revolution | BBC Timestamp The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard American Gods Ep2 - Anansi speech "That the story of black people in America!" Solange - Mad Reuters - Lloyd's of London apologises for role in slave trade Vice - The Dark Secret Behind the Royal Family's Wealth | Empires of Dirt Saul Williams - List Of Demands (Reparations) Mach-Hommy - Kriminel Quand Anna Hope raconte une famille anglaise aristocrate en crise…

People in this episode

Host: Kévi DONAT

Guest: Siddharth Kara

Topics covered

• slavery
• history
• legal case
• human rights
• cultural impact

Keywords

• Zorg
• slavery
• Siddharth Kara
• insurance claim
• British courtroom
• human rights
• abolition of slavery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery

Places: West Africa

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