 While the tract is now seen as an important historical document of modern slavery, it is generally acknowledged that Hunkanrin committed some flaws, such as not distinguishing between "harantin" and slaves.When he returned to Dahomey in 1933, he began studying traditional customs and seemed to have genuinely been changed by the exile.Nonetheless, in 1934 he co-authored two articles in "La Voix du Dahomey" along with Louis Ignacio-Pinto that were critical of French administrators.