Organization
Gregson syndicate
Liverpool owners of the Zong, led by William Gregson, who claimed for the Africans lost on the voyage under an insurance policy.
Connections 2
involved in
- Gregson v Gilbert owners; claimed £30 a head Scholarship & press 1
located in
Proof 2 sources
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A New Look at the Zong Case of 1783, XVII-XVIII: Revue de la Société d’études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 2019.
Scholarship & press
the owners, the Gregson syndicate, claimed the losses of the murdered slaves at £30 per head
They awarded the Gregson syndicate £3,660 for the loss of 122 Africans insured at £30 each.
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History Article: The Zong Massacre (1781), An Insurer’s Perspective, Insurance Museum.
Scholarship & press
The Zong was a British sailing ship owned by a consortium of wealthy merchants and slave owners from Liverpool.
This consortium was led by William Gregson, who later became the Mayor of Liverpool.
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