Luke Collingwood

Captain Luke Collingwood (died 1781) was captain of the slave ship the Zong

Was a doctor aboard his previous slave ship and not experienced enough to captain one.
he is famous for the voyage of the Zong and on November 29, 1781 his decision to throw slaves overboard in order to claim insurance led to the re-examination of policies towards slavery in Britain which eventually led to abolition of slavery by 1815.

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