{"product_id":"the-zorg","title":"The Zorg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Siddharth Kara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2025-10-14\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;From Pulitzer finalist and \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New York Times \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Cobalt Red\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In 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 \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Zorg \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;(a Dutch word meaning “care”) was one of thousands of such ships, but the harrowing events that ensued on its doomed journey were unique.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;After reaching Africa, the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Zorg \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;was 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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;What 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 \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Zorg\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Siddharth Kara utilizes primary-source research, gripping storytelling, and painstaking investigation to uncover the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Zorg\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;’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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085301727401,"sku":"PHBK-9781250348227","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/15137821-L.jpg?v=1778729204","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/the-zorg","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}