Did you know that a slave ship carrying hundreds of slaves from Africa to the Caribbean decide to dump their cargo in the ocean so they could collect the insurance? They were running out of food and water so the captain decide to throw slaves over board. So they could save water and food. There were never charged for the murder, but they got the insurance for killing their slaves.. the name of the slave ship the Zong in 1781 owned by the British. it was a massacre.