Meaning of mocambo | Babel Free

Definitions

A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil.

historical

Examples

“The captured animals have been taken, once night fell, to pens behind the Mocambo.”

“The mocambo represented an expression of social protest in a slave society.”

“Such meetings were held in Macaco, the largest mocambo, which housed five thousand blacks and the supreme chieftain.”

CEFR level