Episode 30 : The Zorg with Siddharth Kara

Épisode de Le Paris Noir par Kévi DONAT · 29 juin 2026 · 1 h 09 min

In this episode, I sit down with Siddharth Kara, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery.

In late 1780, a Dutch slave ship called the Zorg set sail for the coast of West Africa. Running low on supplies, its captain threw more than a hundred enslaved Africans overboard. When the ship's owners filed an insurance claim for their losses, the case ended up in a British courtroom. For the first time, a single question cut through the brutality of the slave trade: were the Africans on board people, or cargo?

Audio Archives :

International Slavery Museum Expansion | National Museums Liverpool

The Biggest Myth About The American Revolution | BBC Timestamp

The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard

American Gods Ep2 - Anansi speech "That the story of black people in America!"

Solange - Mad

Reuters - Lloyd's of London apologises for role in slave trade

Vice - The Dark Secret Behind the Royal Family's Wealth | Empires of Dirt

Saul Williams - List Of Demands (Reparations)

Mach-Hommy - Kriminel

Quand Anna Hope raconte une famille anglaise aristocrate en crise

This episode was recorded on May 22nd 2026 and supported by La Fondation pour la Mémoire de l'Esclavage

Edited by Juliette Fréguis

Theme music by Hey Bony

Visual identity by Megan Fabre

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