traite des esclaves

Definitions of traite des esclaves
  1. noun
    traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
    synonyms: commerce des esclaves, trafic des esclaves
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    type of:
    commerce, négoce, trafic
    buying and selling; especially illicit trade
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