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Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement
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Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement
What happens when an insurance case sparks the beginning of a national movement? Join me for the second episode of my series on Insurance and Slavery, where I talk about British Abolition, the Massacre on the Slave Ship Zong, and Lord Mansfield’s insistence on NOT talking about slavery.
Hire me! Contact insurancevshistory@gmail.com for details.
Tip me! See my page at Buy Me a Coffee: Insurance vs History is Exploring all the ways Insurance changed History...or failed to.
Selected Sources and Links:
· The "Somerset" Effect: Parsing Lord Mansfield's Words on Slavery in Nineteenth Century America. Derek A Webb, Law and History Review, August 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 455-490
· How Ideology Works: Historians and the Case of British Abolitionism. William Palmer, The Historical Journal, December 2009, Vol 52, No 4, pp 1039-1051
· Granville Sharp’s manuscript letter to the admiralty on the Zong massacre: a New discovery in the British Library, Michelle Faubert, Slavery and Abolition, 2017 Vol 38., No 1., 178-195
· A Chain of Murder in the Slave Trade: A Wider Context of the Zong Massacre, Jeremy Krikler, IRSH 57 (2012) pp 393-415
· Insuring the Transatlantic Slave Trade Pearson, Robin and Richardson, David Journal of Economic History Volume 79, Issue 2, June 2019 pp 417-446
· Insurance Litigation Involving the Zong and Other British Slave Ships, 1780-1807. Oldham, James
· The Zong in the Context of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade. Webster, Jane, The Journal of Legal History, Vol 28, No. 3, December 2007, pp 285-298
Books:
· Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire: Walvin, James: 9780631229599: Amazon.com: Books
o Walvin has a lot of books about slavery, and I would consider him to be a good entry point for someone who hasn’t read a lot about the topic.
· The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery a book by James Walvin (bookshop.org)
· Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason a book by Norman S Poser (bookshop.org)
· The Slave Ship: A Human History a book by Marcus Rediker (bookshop.org)
· Amazon.com: The Interest: 9781529110982: Michael Taylor: Books
· Great Abolition Sham: Jordan, Michael: 9780750934909: Amazon.com: Books
o This is a great book, but it is more about philosophy than history. Read at your own risk.
Documentaries/Television:
o Rotten score 68 tomatometer and 85 popcornmeter
o Rotten Score: 85 tomatometer and 82 popcornmeter
o Note that this movie’s plot about the Zong is entirely fictional.
Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Contact Me:
Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com
Contact me!
Email: insurancevshistory@gmail.com
Instagram: @ insurancevshistory
Facebook: Insurance vs History | Facebook
18 episodes
Manage episode 450968267 series 2951754
Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement
What happens when an insurance case sparks the beginning of a national movement? Join me for the second episode of my series on Insurance and Slavery, where I talk about British Abolition, the Massacre on the Slave Ship Zong, and Lord Mansfield’s insistence on NOT talking about slavery.
Hire me! Contact insurancevshistory@gmail.com for details.
Tip me! See my page at Buy Me a Coffee: Insurance vs History is Exploring all the ways Insurance changed History...or failed to.
Selected Sources and Links:
· The "Somerset" Effect: Parsing Lord Mansfield's Words on Slavery in Nineteenth Century America. Derek A Webb, Law and History Review, August 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 455-490
· How Ideology Works: Historians and the Case of British Abolitionism. William Palmer, The Historical Journal, December 2009, Vol 52, No 4, pp 1039-1051
· Granville Sharp’s manuscript letter to the admiralty on the Zong massacre: a New discovery in the British Library, Michelle Faubert, Slavery and Abolition, 2017 Vol 38., No 1., 178-195
· A Chain of Murder in the Slave Trade: A Wider Context of the Zong Massacre, Jeremy Krikler, IRSH 57 (2012) pp 393-415
· Insuring the Transatlantic Slave Trade Pearson, Robin and Richardson, David Journal of Economic History Volume 79, Issue 2, June 2019 pp 417-446
· Insurance Litigation Involving the Zong and Other British Slave Ships, 1780-1807. Oldham, James
· The Zong in the Context of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade. Webster, Jane, The Journal of Legal History, Vol 28, No. 3, December 2007, pp 285-298
Books:
· Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire: Walvin, James: 9780631229599: Amazon.com: Books
o Walvin has a lot of books about slavery, and I would consider him to be a good entry point for someone who hasn’t read a lot about the topic.
· The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery a book by James Walvin (bookshop.org)
· Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason a book by Norman S Poser (bookshop.org)
· The Slave Ship: A Human History a book by Marcus Rediker (bookshop.org)
· Amazon.com: The Interest: 9781529110982: Michael Taylor: Books
· Great Abolition Sham: Jordan, Michael: 9780750934909: Amazon.com: Books
o This is a great book, but it is more about philosophy than history. Read at your own risk.
Documentaries/Television:
o Rotten score 68 tomatometer and 85 popcornmeter
o Rotten Score: 85 tomatometer and 82 popcornmeter
o Note that this movie’s plot about the Zong is entirely fictional.
Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Contact Me:
Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com
Contact me!
Email: insurancevshistory@gmail.com
Instagram: @ insurancevshistory
Facebook: Insurance vs History | Facebook
18 episodes
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