barracoon
noun
bar·ra·coon
ˌber-ə-ˈkün 
ˌba-rə-
plural barracoons
: an enclosure or barracks formerly used for temporary confinement of enslaved people or convicts
—often used in plural
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Kossola recalled the horror of separation, first from his tribal family in Bantè, then from his companions in the barracoon.
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
There, they were placed in a barracoon, a holding pen, until white men purchased them and led them onto a ship.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 8 Oct. 2019
With Kossola guiding the way through his story, Hurston transcribed tales of his childhood in Dahomey (now Benin), his capture at 19, his time in a barracoon, his dehumanizing arrival, and five years of enslavement in Alabama.
—Anna Diamond, Smithsonian, 2 May 2018
Douglas again escorted them to a barracoon on St. Louis Alley in Chinatown, where they were distributed to the companies that had ordered them.
—Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
Lewis was captured and held for weeks in the barracoons of Ouidah, near the Bight of Benin.
—Emily Bernard, The New Republic, 19 June 2018
After eight days of discussion, Foster traded his rum and gold for more than a hundred slaves from the barracoons, as the holding pens were called.
—Casey N. Cep, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
There, they were placed in a barracoon, a holding pen, until white men purchased them and led them onto a ship.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 8 Oct. 2019
With Kossola guiding the way through his story, Hurston transcribed tales of his childhood in Dahomey (now Benin), his capture at 19, his time in a barracoon, his dehumanizing arrival, and five years of enslavement in Alabama.
—Anna Diamond, Smithsonian, 2 May 2018
Douglas again escorted them to a barracoon on St. Louis Alley in Chinatown, where they were distributed to the companies that had ordered them.
—Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
Lewis was captured and held for weeks in the barracoons of Ouidah, near the Bight of Benin.
—Emily Bernard, The New Republic, 19 June 2018
After eight days of discussion, Foster traded his rum and gold for more than a hundred slaves from the barracoons, as the holding pens were called.
—Casey N. Cep, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
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“Barracoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barracoon. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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