Slave Market (Noun)
Meaning
A marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The city's historic slave market district now houses museums and memorials to acknowledge its dark past.
- In the 19th century, many cities in the southern United States had bustling slave markets that supplied labor for plantations.
- The movie portrayed the gruesome conditions found at the slave market in pre-Civil War America.
- Plantation owners frequently visited the local slave market to acquire new workers.
- Archaeologists excavated the remains of a former slave market in the city, revealing artifacts that told a somber tale.