A DARK CHAPTER IN HISTORY: THE ZONG MASSACRE

A Dark Chapter in History: The Zong Massacre

In the heart of 1825, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||], ordered that over 130 African captives be thrown overboard. The massacre was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by the desire to secure insurance payout for the lost slaves. All of these

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, often bearing eyes, were imagined to filter the fo

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