Mayor of Kingstown (TV Series)

Simply Murder (2021)

Dianne Wiest: Mariam McLusky

Quotes 

• Miriam McLusky : The first African slave was a king. He was abducted off the coast of East Africa by a Portuguese explorer. This king pleaded. He bargained. He promised that if he were returned, the following year he would provide ten people in exchange for his freedom. He was released. The following year the same explorer landed in the same area, and ten people were led to the shore and presented to him. The next year, over 100 slaves were returned to Europe. And the next year, they wanted more. And the next year, and the next year, and the next year. It is said that you could walk from Africa to America on the backs of her stolen children and never would a boot get wet. Would slavery have existed without this bargain? Perhaps the question should be, "would the bargain have existed without the desire for a slave?"