Zong!

by M Nourbese Philip and Marlene NourbeSe Philip

Book Overview

A haunting lifeline between archive and memory, law and poetry

In November, 1781, the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered that some 150 Africans be murdered by drowning so that the ship's owners could collect insurance monies. Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision Gregson v. Gilbert--the only extant public document related to the massacre of these African slaves--Zong tells the story that cannot be told yet must...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819568767
• ISBN13: 9780819568762
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 9.3"