USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ship’s owners claimed that due to navigational errors, it took longer than anticipated to reach Jamaica, and as water was running low, the crew threw more than 130 live slaves overboard.

Detailed explanation-2: -Over the course of several days, the crew threw at least 122 Africans overboard. The Zong arrived in Black River, Jamaica with 208 enslaved people on board.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the group’s research, more than 12.5 million Africans were carried across the Atlantic on an estimated 40, 000 slave-trading voyages between 1519 and 1865. At least 1.8 million perished under horrendous conditions on the two-month voyage and were thrown overboard.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under the terms of the act, ships could transport 1.67 slaves per ton up to a maximum of 207 tons burthen, after which only one slave per ton could be carried. The well-known slave ship Brookes was limited to carrying 454 people; it had previously transported as many as 609 enslaved.

Detailed explanation-5: -In contrast to its outsized impact on historical memory, this particular ship was unusual in its smallness; it was only 110 tons and was made to carry around 193 African slaves. When the Zong sailed on September 6, 1781, the slavers more than doubled the ship’s capacity, ultimately carrying 459 enslaved Africans.