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Definition of Barracoons
1. barracoon [n] - See also: barracoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barracoons
Literary usage of Barracoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir of Thomas, First Lord Denman, Formerly Lord Chief Justice of England by Joseph Arnould (1873)
"LORD CARDIGAN'S CASE—CAPTAIN DENMAN AND THE barracoons—GREAT YORK ASSIZE, SUMMER,
1812. AJ>. 1841, 1842. £T. 62, 63. 1841: Changes in Court of Queen's ..."
2. An Exposition of the African Slave Trade: From the Year 1840, to 1850, Inclusive by United States Dept. of State, Representative Meeting (1851)
"It is on record, that the barracoons at Ambriz, emptied themselves of 8000 Africans
in one week. " The ' Martin Van Buren,' American schooner, ..."
3. Captain Canot, Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver: Being an Account of by Theodore Canot, Brantz Mayer (1854)
"MY barracoons and trading establishments were now totally destroyed, and I was
once more afloat in the world. It immediately occurred to me that no ..."
4. The American Slave Trade: An Account of Its Origin, Growth and Suppression by John Randolph Spears (1900)
"... of White Traders—The Slaughter at Calabar—Prices Paid for Slaves—The barracoons
of Pedro Blanco and Da Souza—When Negroes Voluntarily Sold Themselves. ..."
5. Captain Canot: Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot (1854)
"MY barracoons and trading establishments were now totally destroyed, and I was
once more afloat in the world. It immediately occurred to me that no ..."
6. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa, with Accounts of the by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1868)
"barracoons.—Unwelcome Guest.—A Slaver in the Offing.— Decline of the Slave-trade
on this Coast.—Idols. MY stay in Gaboon was only long enough to enable me ..."
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