THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The account of the Zong remains a grim reminder of the darkest chapters in mankind's history. In the year 1781, this slave ship, bound for the Caribbean, embarked on a Abolition voyage that ended in unspeakable atrocity. Driven by profit, the captain and his crew committed an act of such callousness that it shocked even society hardened by the real

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing people in a sticky mass. Scores of people were killed, and many more suffered. Author