[SalesForce] How to display History related list using or by any other direct approach on a Visualforce page

I tried with this and works for me.

  <apex:pageBlock>
        <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!case.casecomments}"var="c">
            <apex:column value="{!c.commentbody}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockTable>
        <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!case.Histories}" var="c">
            <apex:column value="{!c.OldValue}"/>
            <apex:column value="{!c.NewValue}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockTable>
    </apex:pageBlock>

As you said your object has contact as Master-Detail relationship in that case it is bit tricky to display them on Account layout. Reason being Account is itself master on Contact object it means multiple contact can be child of Account so if you want to show childs of Contact object, you don't know which contact's child it is.

As an alternative option you can create Account lookup on your custom object and fill that field with Account id in that way you will get relationship name which you can use directly on your Account related list.

so for example if you have a custom object named Obj_Child__c which has Contact as Master after creating Account as lookup with named Account__c your relationship name will be

<apex:relatedList list="Contact_child__r"/>