The work's source — a horrific episode in the history of the slave trade, in which an infection caused
the passengers of a slave ship to suddenly go blind — is obliquely referenced with a view of the ocean and a tiny eye standing in for a button on a coat.
Not exact matches
Mermaid Guest House's name is derived from the Dutch
slave ship Meermin which suffered from a mutiny by its
slave passengers and eventually ran aground off the coast
of Struisbaai in 1766.