In the depths of 1825, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by a lust for profit, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||William], instructed that over 130 African captives be thrown into the sea. The massacre was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a calculation to maximize insurance payout for t
Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death
In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, regularly bearing eyes, were thought to filter the