THE ZONG: A STAIN ON MARITIME HISTORY

The story of the Zong remains a horrific reminder of the darkest chapters in humanity's history. In that fateful year of 1781, this slave ship, bound for the sugar islands, embarked on a voyage that ended in unspeakable horrors. Driven by financial gain, the captain and his crew committed an act of such barbarity that it shocked even society harden

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing people in a treacly soup. Dozens of people were lost their lives, and many more suffere