TY - JOUR
AU1 - Horlings, Rachel
AB - J Mari Arch (2012) 7:209–214 DOI 10.1007/s11457-012-9096-7 Rachel L. Horlings Published online: 30 June 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Because maritime archaeology is about societies and people of the past, the development of slavery, the stories of societies affected by the trade, and the social history of a slave port as detailed in the books reviewed here are inherently important facets in the maritime study of the historic Atlantic trade in Africa. While expressly maritime investigations in West Africa are currently limited in number and scope, the depth of historical data offered in these books presents the archaeologist with a wealth of data that can contribute to an organic, multidisciplinary approach to research in this region and period. That being said, neither book should be considered light reading, and there is a great deal of information contained in them that is not easily translatable into archaeological endeavors. Robin Law’s Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving ‘Port’ 1727–1892 and Rebecca Shumway’s The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade both focus on West African societies in the period of the height of the Atlantic slave trade. The slightly longer time frame covered in Ouidah, from 1727 to 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - Journal of Maritime Archaeology
DO - 10.1007/s11457-012-9096-7
DA - 2012-06-30
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/book-reviews-YGkbN6sn1B
SP - 209
EP - 214
VL - 7
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -