They were shut up safely in the "barracoon," -- such was the name of the large building -- and to-morrow, that day, or whenever the captain was ready, he would deliver them over. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
When we came ashore, he told them to take Josh to the barracoon. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
"Take these to the barracoon, " Bonnet said to the seaman, pushing Josh in his direction and waving at the Fulani. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
I believe it to have been used as a barracoon for slaves, several large cargoes having been exported from this river. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
After crossing the bar it branches off in a W. and N.W. direction, the latter being the principal arm, up which the boats went some 30 miles, or about 10 beyond the barracoon. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
In the centre stood a large barracoon full of slaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
The features were those of the ancient slave-barracoon. From Wordnik.com. [To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I] Reference
We huddle up night and day in a big shed dey call a barracoon. From Wordnik.com. [By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War] Reference
When I looked in, the barracoon contained only about twenty slaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa] Reference
"But what about the barracoon which you destroyed to-day, sir?" asked. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story] Reference
"Have the goodness to march your men into the barracoon, monsieur," said. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story] Reference
He observed only that the mine had taken effect under one end of the barracoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
The slaves, therefore, remained in the barracoon, and the preparations for their embarkation went on. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
During our halt for breakfast at the barracoon, we were visited by Petit Denis, a son of the old king. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
The retreating villains had got close to the barracoon, and not far from the last entrance to the fort. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
The other morning he fell on his knees before the man who guards the barracoon and entreated him to give him food. From Wordnik.com. [Black Ivory] Reference
At all other times of the year the factory would be deserted, its huts uninhabited by man, and its barracoon empty. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
And I led them all at a rapid rate across the open space and into the compound belonging to the smallest barracoon. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story] Reference
As was too likely the pirates had set fire to the barracoon on purpose to delay the English; this plan succeeded perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
Just then it pleased me to skulk backward behind the great barracoon, and a little further still into the thick woods beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
Spaniards, and their presence in such a spot could mean but one thing, namely, that there was a barracoon somewhere near at hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story] Reference
This barracoon was a shed built of heavy piles driven down into the earth, lashed together with bamboos, and thatched with palm-leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
When I returned from the cataracts, the barracoon contained only fifty or sixty, the rest having been shunted off to some unguarded point. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
A little way off we saw a few huts and a large barracoon, similar to those on the banks of the river from which the slaves had been embarked. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilds of Africa] Reference
The slaves had been told that the English would kill them, so they ran away as soon as they were let out of the barracoon, as fast as the rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
He had already made his bargain; and although the slaves were still in the barracoon, they were no longer his, and it mattered not to him into whose hands they fell. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
"Straight across, and into the barracoon itself," I panted, making a great show of hurry and excitement; and the Frenchmen streamed through the gate like a flock of sheep. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story] Reference
A long time we wait in the barracoon wishing dat we could die. From Wordnik.com. [By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War] Reference
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