slave trade

noun

Traffic in slaves.

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Meanings

nounslave trade (plural slave trades)

plural slave trades

  1. Traffic in slaves.

    There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.

    1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262

Synonyms & antonyms

nountraffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan tràfic negrer
  • tràfic negrertraffic in slaves
Chinese Mandarin 奴隸貿易 /奴隶贸易, 奴隸販賣 /奴隶贩卖
  • 奴隸貿易 /奴隶贸易 (núlì màoyì)traffic in slaves
  • 奴隸販賣 /奴隶贩卖 (núlì fànmài)traffic in slaves
Danish slavehandel
  • slavehandeltraffic in slaves
Dutch slavenhandel
  • slavenhandeltraffic in slaves
Finnish orjakauppa
  • orjakauppatraffic in slaves
French commerce des esclaves, traite négrière
  • commerce des esclavestraffic in slaves
  • traite négrièretraffic in slaves
German Sklavenhandel
  • Sklavenhandeltraffic in slaves
Greek δουλεμπόριο
  • δουλεμπόριο (doulempório)traffic in slaves
Hindi दास व्यापार
  • दास व्यापार (dās vyāpār)traffic in slaves
Hungarian rabszolga-kereskedelem
  • rabszolga-kereskedelemtraffic in slaves
Japanese 人身売買
  • 人身売買 (jinshin baibai)traffic in slaves
Korean 노예 무역
  • 노예 무역 (noye muyeok)traffic in slaves
Norwegian Bokmål slavehandel
  • slavehandeltraffic in slaves
Polish handel niewolnikami
  • handel niewolnikamitraffic in slaves
Russian работорго́вля, торго́вля раба́ми
  • работорго́вля (rabotorgóvlja)traffic in slaves
  • торго́вля раба́ми (torgóvlja rabámi)traffic in slaves
Spanish trata de esclavos
  • trata de esclavostraffic in slaves
Swahili biashara ya watumwa
  • biashara ya watumwatraffic in slaves
Swedish slavhandel
  • slavhandeltraffic in slaves
Ukrainian работоргі́вля, торгі́вля раба́ми
  • работоргі́вля (rabotorhívlja)traffic in slaves
  • торгі́вля раба́ми (torhívlja rabámy)traffic in slaves
Urdu بردہ فروشی
  • بردہ فروشی (barda farośī)traffic in slaves
Cite this entry
APA

slave trade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slave%20trade

MLA

“slave trade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slave%20trade. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slave trade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slave%20trade.

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