Tag: Abolition

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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case

9th March 2020
Tagged as: Abolition, Cuba, Law, Portugal, Slavery, Spain, Trial, USA

On the 9^th March 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who had seized control of the Amistad ship had been taken into slavery illegally and were therefore free under American law.

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29th November 1781: Over 132 slaves thrown from the ‘Zong’ ship

29th November 2019
Tagged as: Abolition, Britain, Civil Rights, Jamaica, Massacre, Middle Passage, Murder, Netherlands, Slavery

On the 29^th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy.