In 17 70, french enlightenment writer guiome renal almost sounds like he's saying, either you get your act together european society, or you're going to get what's coming to you. He says that it's time to stop maybe appealing to the humanity of the slave owners and start appealing to self interest. This is weaponized philosophy, isn't it? And he's warning about what'll happen if you don't pay attention to 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.