In the depths of 1781, a monstrous deed took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||William], ordered that over 130 African captives be dumped overboard. The massacre was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a calculation to secure insurance payout for the lost slaves.
Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death
In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, he became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, regularly bearing glass, were thought