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Slave Trade (Noun)

Meaning

Traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Examples

  • The transatlantic slave trade was a brutal system in which enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas to work on plantations.
  • The European powers that dominated the slave trade during the 18th century were Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands.
  • The horrors of the slave trade were often hidden from public view, but the testimony of former slaves like Olaudah Equiano brought attention to the issue.
  • The Triangular Trade, also known as the slave trade, involved the exchange of goods, services, and slaves across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Abolitionists in both Britain and the United States fought against the slave trade throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

Synonyms

  • Slave Traffic
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