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Meaning of "slave ship" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLAVE SHIP

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Slave ship is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SLAVE SHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

slave ship

Slave ship

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly purchased African slaves to the Americas. The most significant routes of the slave ships led from the north-western and western coasts of Africa to South America and the south-east coast of what is today the United States, and the Caribbean. As many as 20 million Africans were transported by ship. The transportation of slaves from Africa to America was known as the Middle Passage. The African slave trade was outlawed by the United States of America and the United Kingdom in 1807. The applicable UK act was the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act and outlawed the slave trade throughout the British Empire. The US law took effect on January 1, 1808. After that date all US and British slave ships leaving Africa were legally pirate vessels subject to capture by the United States Navy or Royal Navy. In 1815, at the Council of Vienna, Spain, Portugal, France, and the Netherlands also agreed to abolish their slave trade. After abolition, slave ships adopted quicker, more maneuverable forms to evade capture by naval warships, one favorite form being the Baltimore Clipper.

Definition of slave ship in the English dictionary

The definition of slave ship in the dictionary is a ship used to transport slaves, esp formerly from Africa to the New World.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLAVE SHIP

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slave labour
Slave River
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slave traffic
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slaver
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SLAVE SHIP

abandon ship
capital ship
cargo ship
container ship
dress ship
free alongside ship
hospital ship
jump ship
leadership
liberty ship
mother ship
motor ship
passenger ship
pirate ship
rocket ship
sailing ship
supply ship
survey ship
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training ship
whaling ship

Synonyms and antonyms of slave ship in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «slave ship» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLAVE SHIP

Find out the translation of slave ship to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slave ship from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slave ship» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奴隶船
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barco de esclavos
570 millions of speakers

English

slave ship
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुलाम जहाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سفينة الرقيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раб корабль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

navio negreiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রীতদাস জাহাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

négrier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hamba kapal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sklavenschiff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奴隷船
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노예선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapal budak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu nô lệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிமை கப்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुलाम जहाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Köle gemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nave di schiavi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewolnik statek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

раб корабель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nava de sclavi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκλάβος του πλοίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaweskip
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

slav skepp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slaveskip
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slave ship

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLAVE SHIP»

The term «slave ship» is regularly used and occupies the 60.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLAVE SHIP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slave ship

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLAVE SHIP»

Discover the use of slave ship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slave ship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Slave Ship: A Human History
Charts the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a priest responsible for the slave's capture.
Marcus Rediker, 2008
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Slave Ship
The bounty hunters introduced in "Shadows of the Empire", and who returned in "The Mandalorian Armor", come to life in this compelling new novel as Boba Fett battles a conspiracy, Bossk struggles to rule the other bounty hunters, and Kuat ...
K. W. Jeter, 1998
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From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of ...
Reveals the life and history of Yarrow Mamout and the subsequent generations of his family, linking their lives to the changing American landscape.
James H. Johnston, 2012
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Dancehall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto
DanceHall combines cultural geography, performance studies and cultural studies to examine performance culture across the Black Atlantic.
Sonjah Nadine Stanley-Niaah, 2010
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Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807
An examination of the lives of those laboring aboard British and North American slave ships.
Emma Christopher, 2006
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The Slave Ship Fredensborg
Provides details of life aboard the Danish slave ship Fredensborg, which sank off the coast of Norway in 1768.
Leif Svalesen, 2000
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The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the ...
As the story shifts between Savannah, Jekyll Island, the Congo River, London, and New York City, the Wanderer's tale is played out in heated Southern courtrooms, the offices of the New York Times, The White House, the slave markets of ...
Erik Calonius, 2007
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From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Paintings portray the story of slavery from its beginnings, and are accompanied by literary interpretations.
Julius Lester, 2008
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The Slumbering Volcano: American Slave Ship Revolts and the ...
THE SLUMBERING VOLCANO investigates the influence of 19th-century slave ship revolts on a free-society's sense of identity.
Maggie Montesinos Sale, 1997
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Slave ship: the story of the Henrietta Marie
Describes the discovery and study of a slave ship that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in the eighteenth century
George Sullivan, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLAVE SHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slave ship is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dark Places Of The Earth: Author Details Voyage Of The Antelope …
Fifteen years before Amistad, there was the Antelope: a slave ship with 275 captives whose fates were argued before the U.S. Supreme Court not just once, but ... «News One, Jul 15»
2
The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale …
A print shows African captives being taken on board a slave ship. ... The thousands of British families who grew rich on the slave trade, or from the sale of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Secret slave ship found under the sea
THE DISCOVERY of a Portuguese slave ship dating back to 1794 has been heralded as a milestone in the study of the transatlantic slave trade and the first find ... «The Voice Online, Jun 15»
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How Did the Atlantic Slave Trade End?
Most of Equiano's 12-year enslavement was spent as a sailor on board merchant and slave ships, though he was enslaved for a brief time on a plantation in ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
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Slave ship artifacts headed to Smithsonian are proof of abhorrent past
The survivors were sold into slavery. Key evidence in the discovery was iron ballast, typically used in slave ships to weigh them against their relatively light ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
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African American History Museum to Host Artifacts from Wrecked …
The African American history museum officially announced during the ceremony that it will host wreckage from a centuries-old slave ship that sank off the coast ... «TIME, Jun 15»
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Smithsonian to display artifacts from Portuguese slave ship
Iron blocks of ballasts recovered from the wreck of the São José, a Portuguese slave ship, on which they were used to offset the weight of the human cargo. «Washington Times, Jun 15»
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Wreck of 18th century slave ship discovered
The Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa, a Portuguese slave ship, sank off Cape Town on its way from Mozambique to Brazil in 1794, while carrying more than 500 ... «CNN, Jun 15»
9
The Most Detailed Account of a Slave Ship Ever Penned
His father gave him precise instructions: He would journey from Oxford to Liverpool, where he would take a berth as a passenger aboard a slave ship. «Slate Magazine, May 15»
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National Slave Ship Museum wins support of City Council
The project is a massive undertaking that would include a five-story building with an interactive replica of a slave ship, restaurants and a DNA center. «WDSU New Orleans, May 15»

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