THE ATROCITY ON THE ZONG

The Atrocity on the Zong

In the depths of 1825, a abominable crime took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by callousness, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke|John|William], ordered that over 130 African captives be dumped overboard. This act was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a calculation to secure insurance payout for the lost sl

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, he was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly equipped with glass, were imagined to filter the miasm

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