A Stain on Humanity: The Zong Massacre

In the depths of 1781, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke|John|William], demanded that over 130 African captives be cast into the sea. These horrors was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a calculation to secure insurance payout for the lost slave

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they became a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly Public Health bearing peepholes, were thought

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