Talk:The Slave Ship

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I removed the following:

The Murder of 132 slaves, to collect insurance money.

If the weak and ill were found onboard after reaching

England, then the insurance money did not apply.

As a result, Captain Collingworth had them thrown overboard.

Turner's painting, and Punch magazine, contributed to

the downfall of slavery.

I'm not really sure how to integrate this into the article, or if it should be there... I'd like to hear other's thoughts. --Falcorian ^(talk) 04:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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I was watching a program about Turner on PBS. It indicated that the painting was made preceding a conference on slavery to be held in London. Turner portrayed the story of the Zahn (sp. ?) a slave ship traveling near Jamaica whose captain threw overboard 132 slaves in order to collect insurance for cargo lost at sea. The painting was very poorly received by critics, included Punch magazine which lampooned the painting.

That was Simon Schama, in an episode of BBC's The Power of Art. Close attention to it would revise some of the inaccuracies in this article. --Wetman 04:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)