slave market

/sleɪv ˌmɑrkət/
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Other forms: slave markets

Definitions of slave market
  1. noun
    a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)
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    type of:
    market, market place, marketplace, mart
    an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
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