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stepping stones of maritime history

History

Slave ship

The Zong was an English frigate with a Dutch past.

A painting of a ship under sail with the Dutch flag, seen from behind.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Detail of a painting of the frigate Essequebo Sociëteit on the roadstead of Flushing, by Engel Hoogerheyden, 1772.

Atrocity on board

Description

MasterCollingwood, Luke
People on board460

References

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