{"product_id":"zorg-a-tale-of-greed-and-murder-that-inspired-the-abolition-of-slavery","title":"Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer finalist and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCobalt Red\u003c\/i\u003e: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn late October 1780, a slave ship set sail from the Netherlands, bound for Africa's Windward and Gold Coasts, where it would take on its human cargo. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(a Dutch word meaning \"care\") was one of thousands of such ships, but the harrowing events that ensued on its doomed journey were unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter reaching Africa, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas captured by a privateer and came under British command. With a new captain and crew, the ship was crammed with 442 slaves and departed in 1781 for Jamaica. But a series of unpredictable weather events and mistakes in navigation left the ship drastically off course and running out of water. So a proposition was put forth: Save the crew and the most valuable of the slaves--by throwing dozens of people, starting with women and children, overboard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat followed was a fascinating legal drama in England's highest court that turned the brutal calculus of slavery into front-page news. The case of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e catapulted the nascent anti-slavery movement from a minor evangelical cause to one of the most consequential moral campaigns in history--sparking the abolitionist movement in both England and the young United States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSiddharth Kara utilizes primary-source research, gripping storytelling, and painstaking investigation to uncover the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's journey, the lives and fates of the slaves on board, and the mysterious identity of the abolitionist who finally revealed the truth of what happened on the ship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50254484013341,"sku":"9781250348227","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781250348227.jpg?v=1755031522","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/zorg-a-tale-of-greed-and-murder-that-inspired-the-abolition-of-slavery","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}