Slaving
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Slaving is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of slave.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of slave.
More Meanings
- Enslavement.
- The transport of slaves, especially by sea.
Example Sentences
These two ships would then chase, stop, and search ships, and if the ships were found with slaves aboard or equipped for slaving, the ships were seized, any slaves freed, and fines imposed.
The missionaries, soon after the restoration was complete, developed a nostalgia for the old days: the past slavings and excesses of the Muslims and Biheans, who had been the major armed aliens in the region, paled in comparison to the Congo Free State's cruel exercise of its monopolies of rubber and ivory as well as its military license.
Word Forms
- slavings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slaveholding, servile, bond, striver, enthralled, enslaved.
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