THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The story of the Zong remains a grim reminder of the darkest chapters in humanity's history. In 1781, this slave ship, bound for the West Indies, embarked on a transatlantic crossing that ended in unspeakable cruelty. Driven by profit, the captain and his crew engaged in an act of such callousness that it shocked even those hardened by the realitie

On a blustery January in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and burying citizens in a sticky mass. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more suffe