THE ATROCITY ON THE ZONG

The Atrocity on the Zong

In the depths of 1781, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||], ordered that over 130 African captives be thrown into the sea. These horrors was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a calculation to secure insurance payout for the lost slaves. Every

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly featuring peepholes, were imagined to filter the

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