slave market

English Thesaurus

1. a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	market, market place, marketplace, mart,
definition	:	an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up (noun.artifact)

domain region	:	america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa,
definition	:	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (noun.location)