单词 | slave caravan |
释义 | > as lemmasslave caravan slave caravan n. now historical a group of people travelling as a caravan (caravan n. 1b), used by slave traders or captors as a means of moving enslaved people long distances. Π 1799 Monthly Rev. 29 590/2 (index) Crosses the Jalouka wilderness, in company with a slave caravan. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1897) 558 The marts of the African slave-caravans. 1909 B. T. Washington Story of Negro I. ii. v. 97 Long marches of the slave-caravans. 2020 Y. M. Juwayeyi Archaeo. & Oral Trad. Malawi xiii. 211 The goal was to..prevent slave caravans from travelling to the coast. < as lemmas |
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