BBC Zong Massacre discussion: questions for TOP SETS!

Please ensure the online discussion is available before you download. All links work when I upload. Discussion is available on YouTube and BBC Sounds.

Outstanding 40-minute discussion: Melvyn Bragg with academics Vincent Brown, Bronwen Everill, and Jake Subryan Richards covering: devolpment of English / British slave trade; the triangular trade; ensalavemet in Africa; destabilisation of African polities; Atlantic warfare; letters of mark; The Zorg is captured; ratios aboard The Zong; fresh water controversy; conditions aboard; wealth and danger in the Jamaican colony; Olaudah Equiano and Granville Sharp; the trial and appeal; legacy of the case; abolitionism; Wilberforce; the British Empire and slavery continue to grow; abolition vs reform; a ceasefire with France; the 1807 Abolition Act; Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian traders until 1804; Turner’s “The Slave Ship”; trade vs life in the context of Covid.

28 questions, instructions and links to the online discussion. Answer sheet. .doc and .pdf for all sheets. Most appropriate** for higher-ability or higher commitment students**, more appropriate for homework than classroom.