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Article: Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Historian
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- September 22, 1999
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Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade. By Boubacar Barry. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xxi, 358. $59.95.)
Based essentially on published sources, this book presents a history of the westernmost region of West Africa from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century. The book is divided into four chronological units, each of which is subdivided into chapters that focus on specific themes and sub-regions. Considerable attention is accorded various ethnic groups, states, and their political leaders. Exhibiting a thorough knowledge of the history of the region, the author narrates the extraordinary complexity and mobility of its population, ...