barracoon

English

a barracoon

Etymology

From Spanish barracón, barraca.

Noun

barracoon (plural barracoons)

1. A temporary cage for holding slaves, indentured servants or prisoners in the Louisiana Territory and French colonial Africa.
   • 1863, Richard F. Burton, Wanderings in West Africa, volume II, Dover Publications 1991 edition, page 36:

     Beyond Cape Palmas, the coast line is a beach of bright white sand, from which the slave barracoons have now disappeared […].

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