George Case (slave trader)
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George Case (slave trader)
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George Case (1747–1836) was a British slave trader who was responsible for at least 109 slave voyages. Case was the co-owner of the slave ship Zong, whose crew perpetrated the Zong massacre. After the massacre, the ship owners went to court in an attempt to secure an insurance payout of £30 for each enslaved person murdered. A public outcry ensued and strengthened the abolition movement in the United Kingdom. In 1781, he became Mayor of Liverpool. After he died, the wealth generated by his slave
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English slave trader
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Case_(slave_trader)
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2020-12-19T00:06:51Z
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2024-08-29T11:40:27Z
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