The zong 17811783 the triangular trade national 5 history. Bbc news special reports timeline of school shootings. Timeline of massacre how the las vegas shooting unfolded. Ahead of the massacre, he posted a video on the youtube site celebrating the fact that he was about to launch an attack. Although zong case did not recognize the death of 2 slaves as murders in court, the trial of kimber at least imagined the possibility of a slave girls humanity. Zong massacre from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the slave ship, j. It was then bought by the captain of a liverpool slave ship on behalf of his liverpool owners. The floating museum took its name from the infamous slave ship zong, and the 1781 massacre in which the captain threw 3 slaves overboard, in order to collect insurance. On december 28, 1781, the zong docked in black river, st elizabeth, with 208 africans, 232 fewer than when it left the african coast.
The longshan culture flourishes in northeast china. Insurance fraud on the good ship zong heres the story of how one captain went to murderous lengths to make a profit while transporting a ship full of slaves across the atlantic, as excerpted from when hitler took cocaine and lenin lost his brain by giles milton, the basis for the podcast, unknown history. Britain was the most dominant between 1640 and 1807 and it is estimated that britain transported 3. Turner, through the slave ship, tries to persuade his fellow britons in his depiction of the atrocious zong massacre 1789 to act in changing other countries policy on the slave trade.
August 1937the battle of shanghai emporer hirohito orders and invasion on the chinese city of shanghai, starting the second sinojapanese war. The facts about dido are fairly sketchy and the film uses artistic. Very little is known about belle except that she was black. The whitewashed history of the zong massacre and the new movie belle i am going to see the new movie, the retrieval later today.
That hearing, which took place on 2122 may 1783, was recorded at granville sharps request. Us gun massacres this article is more than 11 years old. The borough was founded by royal charter in 1207 by king john, was made up of only seven streets in the shape of the letter h but liverpool remained a small settlement until its trade with ireland. Aug 07, 2015 zong massacre from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the slave ship, j. Timeline by sonica and jana powtoon gives you everything you need to easily make professional videos and presentations that your clients, colleagues, and friends will love. In black river today, an etched stone monument in memory of the zong massacre, laid in 2007 to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the british slave trade, stands at 2 market street, across. An atrocity called an indian massacre is a specific incident wherein a group of people military, mob or other deliberately kill a significant number of relatively defenseless or innocent peopleusually civilian noncombatants or to the summary execution of prisonersofwar. What happened at the trial of the slave ship zong answers.
Slavery had a turbulent legal history all over the world. Dido elizabeth belle was born into slavery in 1761 in the british west indies to an enslaved african woman known as maria belle. In the 1780s, britishbuilt ships typically carried 1. The massacre at wounded knee is considered the last battle between white soldiers and native americans. This paper examines the representation of the case of the zong within.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Oct 18, 2011 the captain believed his ship was off course, and he feared there was not enough drinking water to last until landfall. No design or tech skills are necessary its free, easy, and awesome. Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision gregson v.
Her daughter dido was sent to live in the household of william murray, 1st earl of mansfield, who was lindsays uncle and thus didos greatuncle. The ship got stuck in the atlantic and the captain claimed that there was not enough water aboard the ship to save everyone. After an epidemic coupled with malnutrition and overcrowding had killed 60 africans and seven sailors, the captain, luke collingwood of liverpool, decided to throw overboard 3 sick africans over three days to collect the insurance. British national archives catalog of documents relating to the zong affair. The slavery experience part 1 news jamaica gleaner. Films such as the birth of a nation 1915 and gone with the wind 1939 became controversial because they gave a favorable depiction.
Wikimatrix street fighter x mega man a platform game developed by a fan of both franchises, seo hui zong. On 18th or 19th of november 1781 the zong neared tobago, in the caribbean, but failed to stop there. Feb 26, 2012 the zong massacre was the name given to the masskilling of african slaves that took place in 1781 on the zong, a british slave ship owned by james gregson and colleagues in a liverpool slavetrading firm. The zong was an overloaded slave ship which crossed the atlantic in 1781. Confucianism was one of the victims of li sis book burning. Information about the slave ship zong 1781 lesson plan about the zong case. This article seeks to explore from a new angle the massacre associated with the slave ship zong that is, the murder of around slaves at sea in 1781. It was granville sharp who gave form to the facts insofar as they were first made public. Olaudah equiano was a prominent black activist who worked hard to put an end to slave trade in britain and its colonies. Dido elizabeth belle is best known for the 1779 painting of her alongside her cousin, lady elizabeth murray, the greatniece of william murray, the first earl of mansfield. The ship was owned by the gregson slavetrading syndicate, based in.
Destroying literature and persecuting confucians was an extension of the original plans to consolidate the qin dynasty composed by shi huang 246210 bc. Public opinion, the trial of john kimber, and research. This book is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the zong, the. The ship was owned by the gregson slavetrading syndicate, based in liverpool.
Toward the end of the film the focus is just as much on lord mansfields moral crisis regarding the zong massacre as it is on didos awareness of her quasiprivilege and growing sense of identity. Registrants should rsvp for lunch to assist teacher programs staff in reducing waste. Burma timeline covering an arranged chronological timetable of key events within a particular historical period by trending. After 300,000 people were raped, beated, and killed, historians believe the end of the massacre to be early febuary. On november 29, december 1 and other days later in 1781, 85 ghanaian men, women and children were thrown overboard the zong, a slave. Example of an irish slaves meme on social media that coopts the zong massacre july 2016 this distortion of irish history damages our actual history of oppression. May 09, 2014 drowning black slaves for the insurance money. The earl, also known as lord mansfield, was at the time the lord chief justice of england and wales, the highest ranking jurist in. Since this human chattel was such a valuable commodity at that time, many captains took on more slaves than their ships could accommodate in order to maximize profits. The matter was brought before the british courts, not for the mass killing, but because the insurers refused to pay ship owners, james gregson et al, compensation for the loss.
Slavery in the atlantic world tuesday, november 26, 20. The american film industry has had a complex relationship with slavery, and until recent decades often avoided the topic. Japan opens the first wartime facility for sexual comfort in nanking 1939. How the african victims of the zong massacre were replaced. It had to do with the legality of throwing live slaves into the sea. Feb 02, 2016 a depiction of the zong massacre the shaping of african history february is black history month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to bermuda as indentured servants. A detailed, seven part series of articles by irish historian liam hogan systematically demolishing the white supremacist myth of there being irish slaves in the caribbean or americas, and that these slaves were treated worse than enslaved africans. It was here where at least 250 sioux, mostly women and children, were murdered by us troops. Mgm says police timeline of vegas massacre may not be accurate.
Zong, a british slave ship infamous for the 1781 massacre of 2 sick and dying slaves who were thrown overboard. Turner chose the zong massacre as the subject of the painting slavers throwing overboard the dead and dyingtyphoon coming on. It continues over the weekend and into monday, claiming the lives of at. The zong massacre was the mass killing of more than african slaves by the crew of the british slave ship zong on and in the days following 29 november 1781.
But the greater part of the film remains with dido, her love story with her uncles student john davinier, her relationship with her cousin elizabeth. This timeline of events from the virginia tech shooting lists times in eastern daylight time the official timeline was compiled by tridata corp, a division of defense contractor system planning corp. He saw that collingwoods massacre of the africans illustrated a. Zong or zong massacre the zong was a slave ship where 100 slaves were tossed overboard before arriving at the ports. Third servile war th amendment to the united states constitution timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom. Violence erupts at lonmins marikana mine sparked by a protest by 3,000 rockdrill operators over wages.
In this particular poem, evidence, the seen or seeable objects converted to facts that determine. The zong massacre images the abolition of the slave trade. The zong, a slave ship, was headed towards jamaica when the captain gave the order to throw 54 enslaved africans overboard. 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. The history of world civilization 1 timeline timetoast. Oct, 2015 that so many failed to recognise this appropriation of the zong massacre speaks volumes about the critical mass of wilful ignorance surrounding the history of the transatlantic slave trade. Dido elizabeth belle 17611804 was an illegitimate daughter of admiral sir john lindsay and an enslaved african woman known as belle.
In september 1715, john erskine, earl of mar, raised the standard for a jacobite rising, intended to restore the exiled stuart monarchy to the throne, and proclaimed james francis edward stuart. Film has been the most influential medium in the presentation of the history of slavery to the general public. Her father was 24yearold sir john lindsay, a member of the lindsay family of evelix branch of the clan lindsay and a descendant of the clan murray, who was a career naval officer and then. James walvins new book addresses some unanswered questions about the atrocity and its aftermath. Gloucestershire, uk county council website about granville sharp and the zong massacre. He tried to make an insurance claim on the lost slaves. The history of liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as liuerpul, possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water, though other origins of the name have been suggested. Turners representation of the mass murder of slaves, inspired by the zong killings the zong massacre was the mass murder of an estimated 2142 enslaved africans by the crew of the slave ship zong in the days following 29 november 1781. Above is my presentation on the trials of the zong massacre, as written by granville sharp. America is no stranger to mass shootings with many deadly incidents over the past 45 years haroon siddique. Together with portugal, the two countries accounted for about 70% of all africans transported to the americas.
A link to the assigned prereadings for this seminar will be. The decision to end the slave trade actually cost british taxpayers millions of pounds. A world authority on transatlantic slavery, walvin produces an authoritative, fairminded and grippingly readable account of a case whose legacy is, as he shows, with us. Six weeks after the japanese took control of nanjing. On november 29, 1781, captain collingwood of the british ship zong commanded his crew to throw overboard onethird of his cargo. While the zong, a slaveship, was en route from west africa to jamaica with a cargo of slaves, captain luke collingwood worried that the ship was running out of supplies. Most of what we know about the zong derives from that report. I do so with some anxiety and trepidation as the movie tells the tale of a young black teenager who is used as bait by white slave hunters in order to capture free and. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. The captain believed his ship was off course, and he feared there was not enough drinking water to last until landfall. Huge cases of the atlantic slave trade that brought out the issues of carelessness and selfish acts of slavery. Mar 11, 2009 pekkaeric auvinen, 18, kills seven fellow students and a teacher at jokela high school before turning his handgun on himself. The hongshan culture in china produces a jade figurine which is the oldest known depiction of a dragon. Showing slaves being cast off the zong ship which was overloaded with slaves.
Her name was spelled as maria bell in her daughters baptism record. The zong massacre, the film belle, and the atlantic world in. The zong, a slave ship, was headed towards jamaica when the captain gave the order to throw 54 enslaved africans overboard here is a description from pbs africans in the americas. The zong massacre horror humanum est, english version. Arguably, kimbers trial and the events surrounding it had more positive influence on the public, in terms of abolition, than did the case of the zong massacre. Britain was one of the most successful slavetrading countries. Dido elizabeth belle, the illegitimate daughter of a captain in the royal navy and an african slave, and her greatuncle, william murray, 1st earl of mansfield 170593 and lord chief justice of the. The most famous slave ship case in the world occurred in 1783. The slave ship zong departed the coast of africa on 6 september 1781 with 470 slaves.
Insurance fraud on the good ship zong quick and dirty tips. A must listen about the zong massacre sent in by jamie mcghee and spoken by nashipai mepukori. The work was shown for the first time in 1840 and is now on display at the museum of fine arts in boston. In 1782 he brought the zong massacre, in which 3 slaves were thrown overboard, to the attention of campaigner granville sharp. The zong massacre 236 years later a story of mass murder fuels hope. Though the zong became a cause celebre in antislavery circles, its full story has until now remained relatively unexplored. A depiction of the zong massacre the shaping of african history february is black history month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to bermuda as indentured servants. This article gives due weight to the overriding concerns of commerce in the zong atrocity. Oct 12, 2015 zong call history complete zong call history and details zong is one of the popular telecommunication of pakistan who always tries to provide full satisfaction telecom service of its valued customers all over in pakistan.
On the 29 th november 1781, the crew of the slave ship zong threw the first of at least 2 african slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy. The zong massacre was the mass killing of more than african slaves by the crew of the. The film which sheds light on a radical episode in the abolition. Commissioned by the producers of the new movie belle, acclaimed biographer paula byrne aims to reveal the true story behind the main characters in the movie. For more information about the zong massacre, here are some helpful sites. With a new makeshift crew, captained by luke collingwood, an experienced slaveship surgeon. The indian wars, or the plains wars, took place primarily between the 1860s and 1880s and impacted groups as diverse as the apache, arapaho, cheyenne, comanche, navajo, ute, and sioux. Mgm issued a statement tuesday night questioning the most recent timeline that was provided by police for the las vegas massacre saying it may not be accurate. Each of the historical figures depicted had spent part of her youth in the home and care of britains powerful chief justice, lord. The trial of gregson v gilbert or, the zong case is a noteworthy case because it exemplified the horrors of the slave trade, and was paid attention to by granville sharp and olaudah equiano. Early american cultural history midterm flashcards quizlet. Gilbertthe only extant public document related to the massacre of these african slaveszong. The zong massacre, the film belle, and the atlantic world. British national archives catalog of documents relating to the zong.
Olaudah equiano biography childhood, life achievements. While the zong, a slaveship, was en route from west africa to jamaica with a cargo of slaves, captain luke collingwood worried that the ship was. The gregson slavetrading syndicate, based in liverpool, owned the ship and sailed her in the atlantic slave trade. News the 64yearold retiree who committed the nations worst massacre in modern history had little criminal history and was the son. Equal parts song, moan, shout, oath, ululation, curse, and chant, zong. Equiano selfpublished his narrative to much acclaim in 1789 and spent several years touring the country to promote the book, including a visit to birmingham in 1790. Sondra perrys first solo european show engulfs visitors. The zong massacre the zong was a british slave ship that left sao tome in 1781 with 400 africans on board. That would be thousands of billions in modern money, though spread over half a century. Here is a description from pbs africans in the americas. The zong had been a dutch vessel, the zorgue, seized by the british in 1781 off west africa, along with 244 africans on board. The 2014 film belle was inspired by a late eighteenthcentury painting featuring two well dressed young women, one apparently black and one apparently white. Was britains role in ending the slave trade, a moral.