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.
Analogy
Imagine a bookstore where books are bought and sold. Now replace those books with people - that's how horrific and dehumanizing the slave trade was.
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.
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