Slavery is mentioned in the declaration of independence, but not by name. Thomas jefferson's got a hand in writing two of the most influential bedrock foundational documents and statements. Here's a man who owns hundreds of people, yet he becomes a powerful voice in the early american republic for curtailing and eliminating the slave trademe.
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.