Slave Trader (Noun)
Meaning
A person engaged in slave trade.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The infamous slave trader was known for his brutal treatment of captives and his lucrative dealings with plantation owners in the Caribbean.
- Historians estimate that the slave trader was responsible for transporting thousands of enslaved Africans to the Americas during his career.
- As a slave trader, he was widely despised by abolitionists and seen as a symbol of the cruel and inhumane institution of slavery.
- The British parliament passed laws in the early 19th century aimed at suppressing the activities of slave traders like John Hawkins, who had made fortunes from the transatlantic slave trade.
- A biographer wrote a book about the life of a notorious slave trader who rose to prominence in the southern United States during the antebellum period.