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Slave ship   /sleɪv ʃɪp/   Listen
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Slave  n.  
1.
A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. "Art thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge?"
2.
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
3.
A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
4.
An abject person; a wretch.
Slave ant (Zool.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially Formica fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by Formica sanguinea.
Slave catcher, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master.
Slave coast, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
Slave driver, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
Slave hunt.
(a)
A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery.
(b)
A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds.
Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver.
Slave trade, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere.
Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.
Synonyms: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See Serf.






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"Slave ship" Quotes from Famous Books



... morning some of his servants were commanded to dress her so that she could not be recognised, and then she was carried down to the shore and sold to the captain of a slave ship. ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I • Various

... being then at breakfast with his new guest, captain Hill, on a savoury dish of salmagundy and some of his own beer. He took no notice of it, and his men almost as little, some saying she was a Portuguese ship, others a French slave ship, but the major part swore it was the French Ranger returning; and they were merrily debating for some time on the manner of reception, whether they should salute her or not; but as the Swallow approached ...
— The Pirates Own Book • Charles Ellms



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