What Were Coffles

: a group of prisoners, enslaved people, or animals chained or tied together in a line The African raiders marched their captives to the coast in long lines known as coffles: dozens of people yoked together by the neck with leather thongs to prevent escape.—

What were Coffles used for?

The coffle was a common way of transporting slaves from the slave breeding states on the Atlantic coast such as Virginia to the slave markets and plantations of the deeper South.

What does the word barracoon mean?

Definition of barracoon : an enclosure or barracks formerly used for temporary confinement of enslaved people or convicts —often used in plural.