Zong, a term derived from the Middle Passage during the transatlantic slave trade, refers to the massacre of enslaved Africans aboard the British slave ship, Zong, in 1781. The Zong massacre involved the deliberate drowning of around 132 enslaved Africans by the ship’s crew in order to collect insurance money for lost cargo. This tragic event is often cited in discussions of the inhumanity and brutality of the slave trade.