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slave trade
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slave trade
n.
Traffic in slaves.
slave trade
n
(Historical Terms) the business of trading in slaves, esp the transportation of Black Africans to America from the 16th to 19th centuries
slave-trader  n
slave-trading  n
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Noun1.slave trade - traffic in slavesslave trade - traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
slave traffic
traffic - buying and selling; especially illicit trade
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slave trade n → tratta degli schiavi
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