Amidst fires and chaos, locals join a family plantation during a revolution. Horrifying atrocities committed by slaves are recounted, stirring up hatred and loathing. These shocking events will scandalize societies worldwide. The irony lies in the fact that the very acts of revenge carried out by slaves were inflicted upon them prior to the revolution. Sympathy is aroused when such atrocities befall people similar to those reading about them.
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.