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it was a british slave ship famous for a massacre of lots of slaves The Zong is a slave ship thata was involved in the Slave Trade, the Zong was owned by a man called James Gregson. On one particular trip, the Zong was sailing from Africa to the West Indies, when its captain, Captain Collingwood was killed by disease.

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In 1789, the horrible massacre of 142 defenseless slaves to collect insurance money was carried out by the crew of the slave ship, Zong. After the insurance company refused to pay off the claim, the case went to court. The Zong Slave Ship Massacre became a huge inspiration to the Abolitionist movement, who redoubled their efforts to end slavery.


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