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the business or process of capturing, transporting, and selling human beings into chattel slavery, especially Black Africans brought to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.

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Origin of slave trade

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby slave trade

slaver, Slave River, slavery, slave ship, slave state, slave trade, slavey, Slavic, Slavicism, Slavicist, slavish

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How to use slave trade in a sentence

After Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807, traders sought out legal products.
The fascinating and complex rise of palm oil|Purbita Saha|June 29, 2021|Popular-Science
It entered the global economy in the 1500s aboard ships engaged in the transatlantic slave trade.
The fascinating and complex rise of palm oil|Purbita Saha|June 29, 2021|Popular-Science
The slave trade expanded to include intra-American trade, with a woman named Maria coming from Mexico City in 1609, and the Pacific slave trade with a person coming as far away as Japan.
The history behind the removal of Argentina’s version of ‘Aunt Jemima’|Erika Edwards|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
Some years ago, I was researching the transatlantic slave trade and abolitionist movement and was looking at the attitudes that were prevalent amongst many abolitionists.
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It turns, out, however, that Gorée’s prominence in the slave trade may be overstated.
On a tour of historical sites, examining how the story of slavery is taught|Martha Toll|June 4, 2021|Washington Post
Enzo Cilenti as Yezzan: “Yezzan was an extremely wealthy slave trader before Daenerys Targaryen outlawed the slave trade.”
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Plus, he crafted the Lyons-Seward Treaty, joining the U.S and Great Britain in suppressing the international slave trade.
P.J. O’Rourke: Orwell Was Right|P. J. O’Rourke|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Until Haiti, abolitionists focused on either gradual emancipation, or simply ending the slave trade, not slavery itself.
How Blacks Freed Themselves from Slavery|Eric Herschthal|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The descendants of those collaborators [with the slave trade] are still with us,” said Soyinka.
Wole Soyinka's Nobel Nominees: The Malala Heroines||October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There might be something about the “Dixie” flag as a symbol of the slave trade of human beings that could be a reason.
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In Brazil, the slave-trade exists in full force; in Cuba, it is unmitigated in its extent and horrors.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
In 1813, some disputes arose between the court of Rio and England on account of the slave trade.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
In order to protect the slave trade benefits for England, the Governor vetoed this proposal.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
She belongs to the African station, and came to Brazil about some prize business connected with the slave trade.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Yet, I am happy to say, the Bahia press has lately actually printed a pamphlet against the slave trade.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

British Dictionary definitions for slave trade

slave trade

noun

the business of trading in slaves, esp the transportation of Black Africans to America from the 16th to 19th centuries

Derived forms of slave trade

slave-trader, nounslave-trading, noun

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Cultural definitions for slave trade

slave trade

The transportation of slaves from Africa to North and South America between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Congress banned the importing of slaves into the United States in 1808.