The act of chaining people or animals together in a line or group; connecting individuals together for forced movement or transport.
Present participle of coffle, from Arabic 'qāfilah'. The -ing form emphasizes the ongoing action of linking or chaining individuals into a group formation.
This gerund form transforms the noun into an active process, appearing in historical narratives and legal documents about the slave trade—language that captures the mechanical dehumanization of human trafficking.
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