[1] It consisted of several large depots or barracoons for slaves brought from the interior, as well as several palatial buildings for Blanco to house his wives, concubines, and employees.
[2] Spanish slave merchants controlled the area, within the British colony of Sierra Leone.
By 1839, about 2,000 enslaved people a year were coming out of the Gallinas River, despite the slave trade being illegal.
[3] The fortress plays a prominent part in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad.
In the movie, the main character Joseph Cinqué, as well as other slaves, were shown being captured and brought to Lomboko and treated cruelly.