Tragedy · November 29, 1781

Zong massacre

244 years ago · Kingdom of Great Britain

244th anniversary

The Zong massacre was a mass killing of more than 130 enslaved African people by the crew of the British slave ship Zong over several days from 29 November 1781. The William Gregson slave-trading syndicate, based in Liverpool, owned the ship as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

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