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[[Fasciculus:Slave-ship.jpg|thumb|''[[The Slave Ship]]'' (Navis servorum), a [[Iosephus Mallord Gulielmus Turner|Turner]] picta, argumento ex caede ''Zong'' capto<ref>Burroughs 2010, p. 106.</ref>]]
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After the slave ship reached port at Black River, Jamaica, ''Zong'''{{'}}s owners made a claim to their insurers for the loss of the slaves. When the insurers refused to pay, the resulting court cases (''Gregson v Gilbert'' (1783) 3 Doug. KB 232) held that in some circumstances, the deliberate killing of slaves was legal and that insurers could be required to pay for the slaves' deaths. The judge, Lord Chief Justice, the Earl of Mansfield, ruled against the syndicate owners in this case, due to new evidence being introduced suggesting the captain and crew were at fault.
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