Slave Trade Definition

noun
Traffic in slaves; specif., the former transportation of black people from Africa to America for sale as slaves.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • slave traffic

Other Word Forms of Slave Trade

Noun

Singular:
slave trade
Plural:
slave trades

Slave Trade Sentence Examples

  • Particularly notable was his opposition to the compromises in regard to slavery and the slave-trade.

  • The foreign slave-trade was forbidden by this organic act.

  • From 1868 to 1870 he commanded the "Dryad," and was engaged in the suppression of the slave trade.

  • At least as early as 1523 the African slave trade was begun.

  • He returned more resolved than ever to do his utmost to rouse the civilized world to put down the desolating slave-trade.

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