THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The story of the Zong remains a horrific reminder of the darkest chapters in humanity's history. In that fateful year of 1781, this slave ship, bound for the Caribbean, embarked on a voyage that ended in unspeakable horrors. Driven check here by greed, the captain and his crew perpetrated an act of such barbarity that it shocked even those hardened

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a torrent of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, smashing buildings and burying residents in a treacly mass. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many more were wounded. Au