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.
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