Jake Subryan Richards
Assistant Professor of History at the London School of Economics, providing insights into the Zong Massacre and the transatlantic slave trade.
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Nov 26, 2020 • 52min
The Zong Massacre
Vincent Brown, a Harvard history professor specializing in slavery, is joined by Bronwen Everill from Cambridge and Jake Subryan Richards from LSE to discuss the 1781 Zong Massacre. They reveal how the Zong crew tossed 132 enslaved Africans overboard for insurance profit, highlighting the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade. The guests explore the legal and moral outrage ignited among British abolitionists, the broader implications of prioritizing profit over humanity, and the links to modern societal issues surrounding justice and ethics.
