{"product_id":"the-zorg","title":"The Zorg","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Zorg\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSiddharth Kara\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250348227\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer finalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCobalt Red\u003c\/i\u003e: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn late October 1780, a slave ship set sail from the Netherlands, bound for Africa's Windward and Gold Coasts, where it would take on its human cargo. The \u003ci\u003eZorg \u003c\/i\u003e(a Dutch word meaning \"care\") was one of thousands of such ships, but the harrowing events that ensued on its doomed journey were unique. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter reaching Africa, the \u003ci\u003eZorg \u003c\/i\u003ewas captured by a privateer and came under British command. With a new captain and crew, the ship was crammed with 442 slaves and departed in 1781 for Jamaica. But a series of unpredictable weather events and mistakes in navigation left the ship drastically off course and running out of water. So a proposition was put forth: Save the crew and the most valuable of the slaves--by throwing dozens of people, starting with women and children, overboard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat followed was a fascinating legal drama in England's highest court that turned the brutal calculus of slavery into front-page news. The case of the \u003ci\u003eZorg\u003c\/i\u003e catapulted the nascent anti-slavery movement from a minor evangelical cause to one of the most consequential moral campaigns in history--sparking the abolitionist movement in both England and the young United States \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSiddharth Kara utilizes primary-source research, gripping storytelling, and painstaking investigation to uncover the \u003ci\u003eZorg\u003c\/i\u003e's journey, the lives and fates of the slaves on board, and the mysterious identity of the abolitionist who finally revealed the truth of what happened on the ship.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"The Zorg | Siddharth Kara | Hardcover | 9781250348227 | New | History 1694889","offer_id":47446861873410,"sku":"1694889","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81eA73yJ6uL.jpg?v=1772849431","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-zorg","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}