Santos: municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil

Church of the Order Terceira do Carmo: church in Santos, Brazil

whipping post: a post to which a person is bound, often using chains or ropes, for public punishment or humiliation, typically involving whipping

sailing ship: large wind-powered water vessel

house: building usually intended for living in

slavery: system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work