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Siddharth Kara's new book corrects the historical record, stating the slave ship was named the "Zorg," not the "Zong."

The book details the 1781 massacre where 130 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard from the ship.

Kara's work examines the business of slavery and the legal case that followed the massacre.

The author restores humanity to the victims by using historical records and empathetic research.

“It is not the Zong , but the Zorg ,” is the first correction Siddharth Kara makes in his new book, “The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder that Inspired the Abolition of Slavery.” This will not be the last correction Kara makes. By the book’s end, readers will be truly illuminated on the history and business of slavery.

Historically referred to as the Zong Mass

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