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Article: Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving Port, 1727-1892.(Book review)
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- June 22, 2007
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Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving "Port," 1727-1892. By Robin Law. (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2005. Pp. xii, 308. $49.95.)
This definitive history of the "port" of Ouidah is a painstaking reconstruction not just of the town's social history but also of the political and economic histories that are intertwined with it. Rather than being a flashy display of a single technique or approach, this volume demonstrates the ability of a mature Africanist to utilize the great variety of sources and methodologies developed over the past decades by scholars of Atlantic and African history. The result is an urban history--principally but not ...