Who was at the forefront of the abolition movement in England and what argument did they make regarding the Zong incident?
a) Evangelical Protestants, who argued that morality superseded legal doctrines that considered humans equivalent to animal cargo for insurance purposes
b) the monarchy, which had already lost North America to the Revolution and stressed that it did not want to compound the situation with slave revolts once the incident became known in the Caribbean
Consider This: Lawyers for the insurers argued that they appeared not for the company as much as for “… the Cause of Humanity in general” when the case was retried. See 4.8: Narrative: Jettisoned Cargo.
c) ship owners, who worried that they would have trouble getting insurance for future slave cargos and argued that it would be better to hire Africans to voyage as indentured servants
Consider This: Lawyers for the insurers argued that they appeared not for the company as much as for “… the Cause of Humanity in general” when the case was retried. See 4.8: Narrative: Jettisoned Cargo.
d) women, who were concerned that slave ownership coarsened society and encouraged other kinds of vice
Consider This: Lawyers for the insurers argued that they appeared not for the company as much as for “… the Cause of Humanity in general” when the case was retried. See 4.8: Narrative: Jettisoned Cargo.
a) Evangelical Protestants, who argued that morality superseded legal doctrines that considered humans equivalent to animal cargo for insurance purposes
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A. sparked fears of race war. B. invoked sympathy but minimal action. C. drew little attention. D. inspired many Americans to financially support the revolutionaries.
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A) was prospering, having avoided costly early experimentation. B) was growing faster than France's. C) had pioneered in electrical engineering and chemicals. D) had entered into industrial fields neglected by the British. E) All of the above.