According to Dr. Leo Balai, the story of the slave ship Leusden is one of conspiracy and murder. "It was the largest murder case in the history of the slave trade, but no one ever talked about it." Balai began researching the lost ship ten years ago, wrote about it as part of his PhD thesis at the University of Amsterdam and published a book, The Slave Ship Leusden, in 2013. The Leusden, however, was a massive ship designed exclusively for the slave trade. Only then did the crew abandon ship, resulting in the largest instance of genocide in the worldwide, centuries-long history of the slave trade.

Source: Huffington Post March 05, 2017 11:37 UTC