In 18 hundred there was a rebellion called a gabriel's rebellion, i think it's known as. These things rarely take off. They rarely involve a lot of people in north america and there's a lot of reasons for that. But when the slave revolt is crushed and they do thew after action, report the interrogations rite, it's like forest fires. You always want to find out, now, how did this thing get started? That is the hypocrisy thrown right in your face, isn't it?
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.