† man-traden.Obsolete the slave trade; cf. man-dealern.
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slave-trade1734
man-trade1760
man-merchandise1788
slave-dealing1835
slave-dealing1835
slaving1862
1760 J. Philmore (title) Two Dialogues on the Man-Trade.
1828 J. T. Rutt in T. Burton Diary III. 258 (note) This lettered barbarian,..in the genuine spirit of the man-trade, ‘hoped never to see our negroes in America become Christians’.