Respuesta :
He was inspired to paint the slave ship after the publishing of the book named the history of abolishment of slave trade. It was a book by Thomas Clarkson.
Answer:
Joseph Mallord William Turner was inspired to paint the Slave Ship in 1840 after reading a publication titled ‘The History and Abolition of the Slave Trade’ by Thomas Clarkson.
The book talks about how the captain of a slave ship called Zong in 1781 instructed one hundred and thirty three slaves to be thrown into the sea so that insurance payments could be collected.