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Pronunciation: [bˌaɹɐkˈuːn] (IPA)

Barracoon is a term used to describe a temporary shelter made of sticks or a cell-like structure used to house slaves before they were taken to auction or transportation aboard slave ships. Synonyms for Barracoon include slave pen, holding cell, detention center, captive quarters, slave hut, and slave dungeon. These are all terms used to describe the confinement and inhumane treatment of enslaved Africans during the Transatlantic slave trade. Although many of these words have negative connotations, they are important to use when discussing the history of slavery and its impact on the lives of millions of people who were subjected to unimaginable horrors.
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And this one says," choked out Nolan, "that he has not heard a word from his home in six months, while he has been locked up in an infernal Barracoon."
"The Man Without a Country"
Edward E. Hale
Here they were put into a Barracoon, one of the oblong enclosures, without a roof, where human beings are kept, as they keep sheep and oxen near the cattle markets, in the vicinity of our large cities, until purchasers are found, for ten days, when they were sold to Jose Ruiz, and shipped on board the Amistad, together with the three girls and a little boy who came on board with Pedro Montez.
"A Visit To The United States In 1841"
Joseph Sturge
There is another Barracoon near this, from whence more slaves are to be brought off, and if you wish at once to go on shore you can be conveyed there.
"In the Wilds of Africa"
W.H.G. Kingston

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