The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery - Hardcover

The devastating true account of a slave ship's doomed voyage that became a turning point in the abolitionist movement.

The Zorg is named after a slave ship that wrecked in circumstances so catastrophic that the human tragedy catalyzed historical change. This is not comfortable history, but necessary history. Human tragedy did more to move the abolitionist cause than any argument.

Faculty teaching maritime history, slavery, or the history of abolition assign this because it shows how material disaster can shift ideology. It belongs on shelves next to works on the Middle Passage and slave resistance.