1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
liq [111]
3 years ago
6

Why did the crew of the Zong ship throw some captive Africans overboard?

History
2 answers:
lara [203]3 years ago
8 0

they threw them overboard because they were too stubborn for example: the slave traders yell to row the boat but they're either tired or to weak to row and since they're either tired or weak they don't row as fast or as much and then the slave trader gets really mad causing him to throw the captives overboard to teach the others a lesson. or he'd throw them over to send someone else a message but #1 was a better example

solniwko [45]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

  They threw them to ensure the survival of the rest of the crew and to cash in the insurances of the slaves as cargo.

Explanation:

  The Zong massacre happened in 1781. It was a mass killing of more than 130 slaves on the hands of the British crew of the Zong ship, they were part of a syndicate that sailed through the Atlantic slave trade.

  During the journey there were some navigational mistakes that lead to a lack of water within the ship, so the crew decided to throw slaves overboard. They would no loose money because it was usual on those times to take on insurance on the lives of the slaves as cargo.

  I hope this answer helps you.

You might be interested in
in big nate strikes again who is his partner for the benjamin franklin project and why doesnt he want to work with that person
lord [1]

Answer:

he is paired up with a classmate he hates named Gina

Explanation:

because she makes fun of Nate and always the teachers pet

7 0
3 years ago
What did Hanibal accomplish during his campaign in Italy?
horrorfan [7]

Answer:

While the conflict would rage across the Mediterranean world, victory in Italy was Hannibal's sole objective. To achieve it, he marched the bulk of his army in Iberia across southern Gaul (present-day France) and, famously, over the Alps into the Roman heartland. ... Romans fought wars until decisively won.

Explanation:

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What is a legion rome and why was it created??
Alex73 [517]

A Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription", from legere "to choose") was the largest unit of the Roman army involving from 3000 men in early times to over 5200 men in imperial times, consisting of centuries as the basic units. Until the middle of the first century, 10 cohorts (about 5,000 men) made up a Roman Legion. This was later changed to nine cohorts of standard size (with 6 centuries at 80 men each) and one cohort, the first cohort, of double strength (5 double-strength centuries with 160 men each).

In the early Roman Kingdom the "legion" may have meant the entire Roman army but sources on this period are few and unreliable. The subsequent organization of legions varied greatly over time but legions were typically composed of around five thousand soldiers, divided during the republican era into three lines of ten maniples, and from about 100 BC into ten cohorts. Legions also included a small ala or cavalry unit. By the third century AD, the legion was a much smaller unit of about 1,000 to 1,500 men, and there were more of them. In the fourth century AD, East Roman border guard legions (limitanei) may have become even smaller.

For most of the Roman Imperial period, the legions formed the Roman army's elite heavy infantry, recruited exclusively from Roman citizens, while the remainder of the army consisted of auxiliaries, who provided additional infantry and the vast majority of the Roman army's cavalry. (Provincials who aspired to citizenship gained it when honourably discharged from the auxiliaries). The Roman army, for most of the Imperial period, consisted mostly of auxiliaries rather than legions. :) hope this helps you out

5 0
3 years ago
Why did United States fight so hard to defeat the Philippine guerrilla forces
Ratling [72]

Answer:

to gain a connection to the markets of China

Explanation:

3 0
3 years ago
Unlike the Spanish, French settlers in North America in the 1400s and 1500s enslaved American Indians. learned American Indian l
Mila [183]

Answer:

French settlers in North America learned the customs of the Indians during the Age of Exploration.

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • What gains of land did the spanish conquer in 1763?
    8·1 answer
  • Adolf Hitler wrote these words in 1923, years before he came to power in Germany. With the armistice begins the humiliation of G
    9·2 answers
  • The clovis tradition, a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear, f
    6·1 answer
  • The Tang Materia Medica was the_______ first book.
    11·1 answer
  • Is mesopotamia the largest river valley
    8·1 answer
  • What was the role of noblewomen in the feudal system
    5·1 answer
  • Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    8·2 answers
  • Which phase best completes the diagram?
    10·1 answer
  • Is the following statement true or false? Enlightened thinkers used scientific reasoning to study human behavior and societies.​
    9·1 answer
  • Which direction did Georgia’s capital cities start to move in? WHY?
    7·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!