Divining Slavery and Freedom

  Write an 800-900 word review of Joao Jose Reis' Divining Slavery and Freedom: The Story of Domingo Sodre, an African Priest in Nineteenth-Century Brazil. In five paragraphs, examine the author's purpose, sources, bias, contribution, and failings/direction for future research. Be sure to cite specific page numbers when referring to particular arguments, ideas, or pieces of evidence, even if not directly quoting, and to discuss the larger regional/national historical context in the "purpose" and "contribution" paragraphs.