{"product_id":"the-zorg","title":"The Zorg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiddharth Kara\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer finalist and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCobalt Red\u003c\/i\u003e: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(a Dutch word meaning “care”) was one of thousands of such ships, but the harrowing events that ensued on its doomed journey were unique.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter reaching Africa, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSiddharth Kara utilizes primary-source research, gripping storytelling, and painstaking investigation to uncover the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raincoast","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50223986245918,"sku":"9781250348227","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/BNCImageAPI-2025-10-10T163211.352.jpg?v=1760128362","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/the-zorg","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}