The Zorg: A Tale of Greed, Murder and the Abolition of Slavery from the Bestselling Author and Pulitzer Prize Finalist

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cobalt Red, discover the gripping and horrifying true story of the eighteenth century slave ship often referred to as Zong yet actually called Zorg - ironically meaning 'care' - that sparked the campaign that led to the end the Atlantic slave trade. Perfect for fans of David Grann’s The Wager and The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides. ‘Remarkable, riveting’, Adam Hochschild, historian and bestselling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the ChainsIn 1781, the Zorg set off from The Netherlands to West Africa and from there onto the Caribbean.By the time its journey ended, the Zorg would become the first undeniable argument against slavery. When a series of unpredictable weather events, disease and navigational errors led to the Zorg sailing off course and running low on supplies, the crew's solution was to throw more than a hundred slaves overboard in order to save themselves and the most valuable slaves.The ship's owners then claimed their