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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Believe it or not, Liverpool in the United Kingdom has been a hub for rum maturation since the 19th century, when its ports were heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade and Caribbean rum imports.
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Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
One topic which looks to interest both Brazil and South Africa is the African diaspora to Brazil during the Atlantic slave trade, says Ncokotwana.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 May 2025
Pace takes Phillis Wheatley as his case study, a poet who, while typically excluded from the Romantic canon, subversively uses the formal coordinates of the slave trade to chart a course toward freedom, anticipating Romantic themes of self-discovery.
—Abby Clayton, JSTOR Daily, 29 Apr. 2025
The tradition traces back to West Africa, where black-eyed peas were cultivated and later brought to the U.S. through the transatlantic slave trade.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
One topic which looks to interest both Brazil and South Africa is the African diaspora to Brazil during the Atlantic slave trade, says Ncokotwana.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 May 2025
Pace takes Phillis Wheatley as his case study, a poet who, while typically excluded from the Romantic canon, subversively uses the formal coordinates of the slave trade to chart a course toward freedom, anticipating Romantic themes of self-discovery.
—Abby Clayton, JSTOR Daily, 29 Apr. 2025
The tradition traces back to West Africa, where black-eyed peas were cultivated and later brought to the U.S. through the transatlantic slave trade.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slave trade
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“Slave trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slave%20trade. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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