a Slave coffle was almost like a hand cuff, but instead of putting it around your hands it was used around there necks, so that the slave could not escape or break loose and run away
A Barracoon is where a slave stayed to await there transportation across the Atlantic Ocean. this simplified the traders work by keeping the slave alive and in captivity
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A slave coffle is a group of enslaved individuals chained together and forced to march in a line. A barracoon is a temporary detention facility or slave barracks used to hold captured individuals before they were transported and sold into slavery.
In a coffle, enslaved individuals were chained or tied together in a line and forced to march long distances to their destination. This dehumanizing practice was commonly used during the transatlantic slave trade in order to transport enslaved people from one location to another. The conditions during a coffle were often brutal and many individuals suffered from exhaustion, malnutrition, and abuse.
A slave who escaped was referred to as a fugitive or runaway slave.
Slave : Ghulaam Galley slave : baandhwa
A person who owns a slave is typically referred to as a "slave owner" or "master."
A person who owns a slave is commonly referred to as a slaveholder or slave owner.