A STAIN ON HUMANITY: THE ZONG MASSACRE

In the belly of 1790, a monstrous deed took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||William], instructed that over 130 African captives be thrown overboard. The massacre was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by the desire to maximize insurance payout for the lost slaves.

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, often featuring glass, were thought to filter the miasma