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The scale of the Atlantic Slave Trade is hard to imagine. It can be tempting to minimize it in order to alleviate some anxiety. One way of minimizing slavery assumes a kind of innocence in the enterprise, an “everybody was doing it” attitude. But, of course, not everyone in Europe profited from the kidnapping, sale, and lifetime captive labor of over 10 million African people in the Americas. Only few people on any continent really did, though the institution flooded the markets with often addictive consumer goods that raised the general standard of living for a few more.
