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Meanings of slave boat 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.

Related terms
tumbeiro
Usage of slave boat in English
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
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