In 17 90, the baron de beauvois a member of the royal academy of sciences and arts in cap francas asserted unequivocally that blacks were an inherently inferior species of humanity. And like the birth of the pseudo scientific side of racism, this is sort of the darker side of the enlightenment. So i suppose we don't get to where we are to day without these people laying the brickwork for it. But at the same time, you get these out gous sorts of seemingly scientifically proven ideas like some races are inferior and others are superior.
The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches the surface of this enormous subject.