Painted in 1840, it depictsan atrocity from Britain's slave-trading past when, in 1781,...
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Painted in 1840, it depicts
an atrocity from Britain's slave-trading past when, in 1781, the captain of a slave ship called
the Zong threw 133 African slaves - still chained and manacled - into the sea to claim
insurance payments. The moral horror of the case
of the Zong was the moment when thousands of Britons
abandoned their indifference and became campaigners against
the slave trade
an atrocity from Britain's slave-trading past when, in 1781, the captain of a slave ship called
the Zong threw 133 African slaves - still chained and manacled - into the sea to claim
insurance payments. The moral horror of the case
of the Zong was the moment when thousands of Britons
abandoned their indifference and became campaigners against
the slave trade
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Painted in 1840, it depicts
an atrocity from Britain's
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slave-trading past when, in 1781,
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the captain of a slave ship called
the Zong threw 133 African slaves -
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still chained and manacled -
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into the sea to claim
insurance payments.
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The moral horror of the case
of the Zong was the moment
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when thousands of Britons
abandoned their indifference
00:00:27.012 --> 00:00:30.076
and became campaigners against
the slave trade.
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Movie Summary
Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.
