Relations de plusieurs voyages à la côte d'Afrique, à Maroc, au Sénégal, à Gorée, à Galam tirées des journaux de M. Saugnier

It is neither ideological nor documentary relevance that make this story unforgettable—this is accomplished rather by the details that give it all its rawness and strength. Nothing bespeaks slavery more aptly than the objects exchanged and the prices—or the shape of the irons and the suffering of bodies.