slave ship

American  

noun

1. a ship for transporting enslaved captives from their native homes to places of bondage.

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slave ship British  

noun

1. a ship used to transport slaves, esp formerly from Africa to the New World

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Etymology

Origin of slave ship

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Justice Sachs sees the remains of a slave ship lying so close to such a beautiful spot as a reminder of the dark side of history.

From Literature

Racism has been a feature of American history since the first slave ship hove to off Jamestown in 1619.

From Salon

Thousands of black Americans and liberated Africans - rescued from transatlantic slave ships - settled in Liberia during the colonial era.

From BBC

The payments came from forfeitures of slave ships and fines on their owners, with the proceeds divided 50-50 between the government and the litigants.

From Los Angeles Times

A congressional investigation into the program likened one boat used to transport deportees to an “18th-century slave ship.”

From Salon