Gallinas

[ gah-yee-nahs ]

noun

Pun·ta [poon-tah], /ˈpun tɑ/, a cape in NE Colombia: northernmost point of South America.

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Gallinas, the noted slave factory on the west of Africa, purchased by the Liberian republic.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
Another large branch of business is at places where the slave-trade is carried on; as at Gallinas and Wydah.
Journal of an African Cruiser | Horatio Bridge
The slave trade is said to be almost destroyed in the neighborhood of Gallinas and Ambrize.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 | Various
Light was not gleaming over the tops of the forest next morning before I was on the beach ready to embark for Gallinas.
Captain Canot | Brantz Mayer
Her captain who was unskilled in coast-trade, and ignorant of Spanish, engaged me to act as supercargo for him to Gallinas.
Captain Canot | Brantz Mayer

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