slave ship
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of slave ship
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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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
They called their initiative the Amistad Project, a reference to an 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship of that name.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 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
“Remember in fifth grade you did that model of a slave ship for art class?”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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