THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The account of the Zong remains a dreadful reminder of the darkest chapters in mankind's history. In that fateful year of 1781, this slave ship, bound for the Caribbean, embarked on a transatlantic crossing that ended in unspeakable atrocity. Driven by greed, the captain and his crew engaged in an act of such callousness that it shocked even the pe

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing citizens in a gooey soup. Hundreds of people were killed, and many more sustained inj