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bossales

bossales is the plural of bossale.

Meaning of bossale

Noun

bossale (plural bossales)

  1. (historical) A black African-born enslaved person in a French (or sometimes other European) colony, especially Haiti (as opposed to a slave born in the colony).
    • In Louisiana, French colonists relied on bossales later than elsewhere as they first imposed the slavery system on Amerindians only. The first slave ship carrying Africans arrived in 1719 […]2019, Aline Helg, Slave No More: Self-Liberation before Abolitionism in the Americas, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 76
    Synonyms:
    bozal

Questions about bossales

What is bossales the plural of?
Bossales is the plural of bossale.

Words near bossales in the dictionary

  1. bossaball
  2. bossage
  3. bossages
  4. bossal
  5. bossale
  6. bossales
  7. Bossall
  8. bossals
  9. bossanova
  10. bossanovas
  11. Bossard

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