Jettisoning Cargo

The sea rose up to kiss the sky crashed down upon the ship then tossed it high like some baby with a new toy. The slaves emerged blinking in the harsh light on deck Their chains for ever linking their ultimate fate. Suddenly the chain pulled tight and sliding and screaming The slaves without a fight slipped into their watery grave . So who is to blame for this merciless deed? Just a false insurance claim paid for those lost at sea! Based upon the true story of slave traders drowning their slaves. In order to claim the insurance that could only be paid out for those lost at sea. As dramatised in Turner's painting of a slave ship. Six