THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The story of the Zong remains a dreadful reminder of the darkest chapters in humanity's history. In that fateful year of 1781, this slave ship, bound for the sugar islands, embarked on a transatlantic crossing that ended in unspeakable atrocity. Driven by financial gain, the captain and his crew committed an act of such barbarity that it shocked ev

On a blustery afternoon in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet read more molasses burst sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and burying residents in a sticky mire. Scores of people were killed, and many more sustained injurie