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Meanings of slave boat in English

Portuguese
tumbeiro
Spanish
barco negrero
Catalan
vaixell d'esclaus
Wikidata

Cargo ship carrying slaves onboard from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and mid-19th centuries.

Related terms
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
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
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
Translations for slave boat