Slave Trade

Definition

The slave trade refers to the historical practice of transporting and selling human beings as slaves, particularly in the context of transatlantic trade from the 15th to 19th centuries.

Related terms

Middle Passage: The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.

Abolitionism: Movement to end slavery.

Triangular Trade: A multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.