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

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Example Sentences

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slave ship

Some of that history is on display at one London location of Gagosian Gallery, which this month debuted “Do This in Memory of Us,” Mr. Ehikhamenor’s 30-by-15.5-foot lace and canvas tapestry of a slave ship.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

They’ve descended into the murky Gulf of Mexico to explore a remarkably intact slave ship off the nation’s coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

On that journey, Hurston interviewed Cudjo Lewis, then the oldest living formerly enslaved man who had been abducted on the Clotilda ship, the last slave ship to the United States.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023

Illness was the slave ship captains’ constant fear.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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 "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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