THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The account 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 West Indies, embarked on a transatlantic crossing that ended in unspeakable horrors. Driven by financial gain, the captain and his crew perpetrated an act of such callousness that it shocked

On a blustery January in 1919, disaster struck Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing residents in a treacly soup. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many more suffered. Author