slave trade
noun
: trafficking of enslaved people
especially, in U.S. history
: the business or practice of capturing, transporting, selling, and buying enslaved African people for profit prior to the American Civil War
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Of the thousands of vessels involved in the Atlantic slave trade, the Camargo has two distinctions.
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Angola was a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.
—Greg Palkot, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Later in the day, Biden paid a visit to the National Museum of Slavery, where curators briefed him on a number of relics of the trans-Atlantic slave trade that were on display.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
Some patrons participated in history’s great crimes, from the Crusades to the slave trade.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Angola was a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.
—Greg Palkot, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Later in the day, Biden paid a visit to the National Museum of Slavery, where curators briefed him on a number of relics of the trans-Atlantic slave trade that were on display.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
Some patrons participated in history’s great crimes, from the Crusades to the slave trade.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Slave trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slave%20trade. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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