In the 18th and 19th century, slaves were kept in a small town in Dakar, Senegal waiting to be shipped off to the new world.

During their discussion about the secrets of the tablet, the Pharaoh comments about owning Jewish people and the Egyptian faith in their gods.

Bass speaks out against slavery to Edwin Epps, a slave owner. Bass tells Epps that he should be more concerned about the condition of his slaves and that they are human beings just like any white men.

The narrator explains the Missouri Compromise, in which a compromise is reached about whether to make Missouri a slave or free state.

John talks about the Atlantic Slave Trade and descibes its process and conditions slaves underwent on boats and their life on farms and plantations in the Americas.