THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The tale of the Zong remains a horrific reminder of the darkest chapters in humanity's history. In the year 1781, this slave ship, bound for the sugar islands, embarked on a voyage that ended in unspeakable atrocity. Driven by financial gain, the captain and his crew engaged in an act of such heartlessness that it shocked even the people hardened b

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing people in a treacly soup. Dozens of people were fatally injured, and many more suffer