slave trade
noun
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.
slave-trader
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a word derived from
slave trade.
Example Sentences
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In 1862, Nathaniel Gordon became the first and only American slave-trader to be executed under the U.S.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2021
Mr Johnson also condemned the tearing down of a statue of slave-trader Edward Colston on June 7 by anti-racist demonstrators.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2020
Mr. Ormond was the son of an opulent slave-trader from Liverpool, and owed his birth to the daughter of a native chief on the Rio Pongo.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
But they had scarcely reached this part of the country, when a battalion of volunteers, guided by the slave-trader, went in pursuit of them.
From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman
The slave-trader, aware of all this, and fearful lest his victims might seek safety by flight, became increasingly careful of his property.
From A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Joseph Sturge
