barracoon

American  

[bar-uh-koon] / ˌbær əˈkun /

noun

1. (formerly) a place of temporary confinement for slaves or convicts.

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barracoon British  

/ ˌbærəˈkuːn /

noun

1. (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation

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Etymology

Origin of barracoon

1850–55, < Spanish barracón, equivalent to barrac ( a ) hut ( barrack ¹ ) + -on augmentative suffix

Example Sentences

The resulting book, “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo,’” became a New York Times bestseller and landed on many lists of 2018’s best titles.

From Los Angeles Times

With my newfound appetite for the written word, I've now turned to devouring Hurston's "Barracoon," the story derived from interviews conducted in 1927 with Cudjo Lewis, the last surviving "cargo" transported from Africa.

From Salon

Hurston wrote his story in the book “Barracoon; the Story of the Last Black Cargo,” but publishers insisted she translate his words.

From Washington Post

“Barracoon” was finally published in 2018, becoming a bestseller.

From Washington Post

Among a compelling array of subjects is Emmett Lewis, a descendant of Cudjoe Lewis, a long-lived survivor of the Clotilda, who died in 1935 and whose late 1920s interviews with filmmaker and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston became the source for her book “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo,’” whose long-delayed 2018 publication aroused new interest in the Clotilda.

From Los Angeles Times