slave trade
noun
: trafficking of enslaved people
especially, in U.S. history
: the business or practice of capturing, transporting, selling, and buying enslaved African people for profit prior to the American Civil War
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Like many staple Caribbean dishes, ackee and saltfish is a direct result of the Atlantic slave trade.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Cooking methods like barbecuing meats and deep-frying fish also date back to West Africa before the transatlantic slave trade.
—Ben Abrams, NPR, 19 June 2025
That project began in 2019 as a one-off album recorded in a small Louisiana studio, of songs inspired by the transatlantic slave trade and the suffering and often unheard voices of Black women.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
The throne, adorned with lotus blossom silhouettes, nods to Biggers’ 2007 work Lotus, itself a meditation on the slave trade and its enduring legacies.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 28 May 2025
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Cooking methods like barbecuing meats and deep-frying fish also date back to West Africa before the transatlantic slave trade.
—Ben Abrams, NPR, 19 June 2025
That project began in 2019 as a one-off album recorded in a small Louisiana studio, of songs inspired by the transatlantic slave trade and the suffering and often unheard voices of Black women.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
The throne, adorned with lotus blossom silhouettes, nods to Biggers’ 2007 work Lotus, itself a meditation on the slave trade and its enduring legacies.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 28 May 2025
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“Slave trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slave%20trade. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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