Was The Atlantic Slave Trade B.S.?

[No B.S. History #17] Was the Atlantic Slave Trade really that big a deal, or was it just one example out of many instances of forced labor throughout human history, and one which was rendered obsolete by the rise of the modern economic system? Let’s discuss it! Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) Edward Reynolds, Stand The Storm: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1985) Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery (1944) Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2015) This video contains brief excerpts from the films “Unforgiven (1992),” “Jerry Maguire (1994),” “The Big Lebowski (1998),” “The Dark Knight (2008),” “Justice League (2017),” and the television show “Scrubs.” Copyright to that material rests with the original owners.