slave-trader
- 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
The sailors of the old seaport are as bold and adventurous as ever, but they are grown honester, and never again shall a crew be found there to man either slave-trader or privateer.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 by Various
Mr. Tyson immediately recognised in the countenance of one of these, who appeared to be their leader, the slave-trader whose conduct had given rise to the suspicions that had brought him thither.
From A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Sturge, Joseph
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 Mayer, Brantz
