In the heart of 1825, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||], instructed that over 130 African captives be thrown overboard. The massacre was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a calculation to secure insurance payout for the lost slaves. All of
Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death
In this grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, regularly featuring eyes, were imagined to filter the ai