The Atrocity on the Zong

In the belly of 1781, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by a lust for profit, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke|John|William], instructed that over 130 African captives be thrown into the sea. These horrors was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by the desire to secure insurance payout for th

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly bearing eyes, were imagined to filter th

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