Can u believe it that only 200 years ago the abolish slavery

Massimo Re on Instagram: "They said: ‘Black are goods’… Do we really understand how cruel humanity can be? They threw 132 black people into the ocean… not in a storm, not in a battle but for insurance money. In 1781 the British slave ship Zong was cross

275 likes, 7 comments - massimo_re_ on March 15, 2026: "They said: ‘Black are goods’… Do we really understand how cruel humanity can be? They threw 132 black people into the ocean… not in a storm, not in a battle but for insurance money. In 1781 the British slave ship Zong was crossing the Atlantic. On board were hundreds of enslaved Africans treated as cargo. When supplies started running low, the captain Luke Collingwood made a decision that still shocks historians. He ordered people to be thrown overboard alive. Why? Because under maritime insurance rules at the time, if enslaved people died of illness, the owners lost money. But if they were thrown overboard to “save the ship”, the loss could be claimed from the insurance company. So more than a hundred human beings were killed… to file an insurance claim. When the ship returned, the owners demanded payment. The case reached court in Gregson v Gilbert. And the most disturbing part? At first the court didn’t debate murder. It debated whether the insurance policy should pay. The horror of the Zong massacre later fueled the abolitionist movement and exposed how the slave trade reduced human lives to financial assets. But the question it leaves behind is chilling: When profit becomes the priority, how far can humans go? #History #TrueStory #DarkHistory #Humanity".

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