In 1781 a slave ship, named the Zong (based out of Liverpool, England), was

on a horrible trip to get human beings—to sell them in Jamaica.  The ship

made it to Africa, along the coast of present-day Ghana, and then to Sao

Tome (or St. Thomas, an island near present day Gabon and Equatorial

Guinea).  Luke Collingwood was the captain of the ship and he decided to go

with a “tight” packing method.