Place
São Tomé
Island off the coast of West Africa, from which the Zong sailed in 1781.
Connections 1
involved in
- Killings on the Zong, 1781 where the Zong left for Jamaica Scholarship & press 1
Proof 1 source
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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
(19 crew and 440 slaves) when they left São Tomé
The usual maximum number of slaves carried by a slaver of the Zong’s size was around 250.
no more than four days’ supply of rationed water for themselves and 380 captive Africans
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