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Meanings of guineamen in English

Portuguese
tumbeiro
Spanish
barco negrero
Catalan
vaixell d'esclaus
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Cargo ship carrying slaves onboard from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and mid-19th centuries.

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tumbeiro
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Examples for "slaver"
Examples for "slaver"
1
But no scruples entered the mind of the captain of the slaver.
American Merchant Ships and Sailors
2
Not to someone she sold to a batarian slaver two days later.
Mass Effect: Deception
3
And on the schooner he had made no acquaintance save the slaver.
The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
4
We had a slaver crew come through Parmley Station from there once.
Cauldron of Ghosts
5
We can't, in 21st century Britain, have a slaver on a statue.
The Guardian
1
In 1761 a slave ship landed a cargo of slaves in Boston.
The Book of American Negro Poetry
2
We saw graphic photos, including a lifelike replica of slave ship quarters.
Ebony
3
Scarcely any Guinea slave ship has ever had such a middle passage.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
4
So, he was on a slave ship, and Alec wasn't with him.
Shadows Return
5
The streets and alleys reeked with the effluvia of a slave ship's between-decks.
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
1
Both my mammy and pappy was brought from Africa on a slave boat and sold on de Richmond (Va.) slave market.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
2
Many died in horrific conditions on the slave boats, while survivors endured a life of misery and backbreaking farm work.
Reuters
3
They are easy prey to traffickers who trick them into slavery, just as some Africans were lured on to slave boats centuries ago.
The Guardian
1
Once there came a man who had been mate of a Guineaman, and who had escaped from the pirate's hands.
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
Translations for guineamen