Over the weekend, despite having no recognizable I.P., franchise connections, or a big fighter jet, The Woman King climbed to the top of the box office with a $19 million opening.

One doesn’t even need to see another movie before seeing The Woman King.

However, those who read up on the Dahomey Kingdom before the film had some concerns.

The Dahomey Kingdom, which The Woman King tells a mostly fictionalized account of, was involved in the slave trade, and critics of the film online accused its depiction of whitewashing and glorifying slavers.

“They were recruited by the King to fight for the kingdom of Dahomey.