Zong!: As Told to the Author by Setaey Adamu Boateng by M Nourbese Philip, M Nourbese Philip
Zong!: As Told to the Author by Setaey Adamu Boateng
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M Nourbese Philip, M Nourbese Philip
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Zong!: As Told to the Author by Setaey Adamu Boateng

M Nourbese Philip, M Nourbese Philip

211 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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In November, 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ship's owners could collect insurance monies. Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision Gregson vs Gilbert (the only...

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