slave trade

noun

1. 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 trade

noun

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

slave trade

1. 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.

Derived Forms

• ˈslave-ˌtrading, noun
• ˈslave-ˌtrader, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slave trade¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

Last February, a city council committee approved planning permission for the plaque on the condition that the proposed wording was changed to reflect Colston's acts in the slave trade.

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The UK has faced growing calls from Commonwealth leaders to pay reparations for the country's role in the slave trade.

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The links between France and Senegal - a mainly Muslim country and former French colony, which was once a key hub in the transatlantic slave trade - are long and complex.

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At the Commonwealth summit in Samoa, there was an ongoing debate over whether there should be reparations or an apology from the UK over the slave trade.

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The UK has faced growing calls from Commonwealth leaders to apologise and pay reparations for the country’s historical role in the slave trade.

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