THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The tale of the Zong remains a dreadful reminder of the darkest chapters in mankind's history. In that fateful year of 1781, this slave ship, bound for the sugar islands, embarked on a transatlantic crossing that ended in unspeakable cruelty. Driven by greed, the captain and his crew perpetrated an act of such callousness that it shocked even those

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a wall of of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping citizens in a treacly soup. Scores of people were killed, and many more were wounded.