noun
- a temporary enclosure or barracks used to confine enslaved people before transportation
Usage: historical
Examples
- The barracoon held hundreds of captives awaiting shipment across the Atlantic.
- Archaeological evidence of the barracoon was discovered near the old port.
- Conditions in the barracoon were deliberately harsh and dehumanizing.
- The barracoon served as a staging area for the slave trade.
- Historical records describe the layout of the coastal barracoon.
- Survivors’ accounts detail the horrors of life in the barracoon.