What is "slave ship"

Slave \Slave\ (sl[=a]v), n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See Slav.]

1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.

   Art thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge?
   --Milton.

2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.

3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.

4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak. Slave ant (Zo["o]l.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially Formica fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by Formica sanguinea. Slave catcher, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master. Slave coast, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners. Slave driver, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster. Slave hunt.

   1. A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery.
      --Barth.

   2. A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds.

      Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver.

      Slave trade, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere.

      Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.

      Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See Serf.

n. a ship used to transport slaves from their homes to places of bondage

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly captured African slaves to the Americas.

A slave ship is a vessel used to transport slaves.

Slave Ship may also refer to:

• The Slave Ship, a painting by J. M. W. Turner
• Slave Ship (Jeter novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by K. W. Jeter
• Slave Ship (Pohl novel), a 1956 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
• Slave Ship (1937 film), starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery
• The Slave Ship (film), a 2010 Japanese film directed by Satoshi Kaneda
• "Slave Ship", a song by Jolin Tsai for the 2003 album Magic
• "Stalins slave ships", ships the Soviet government used to transport political prisoners in the Soviet Far East in the 1930s; see Dalstroy#Ships of the Dalstroy

Slave Ship is a 1956 short science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl, originally serialized in Galaxy. The scene is a world in the throes of a low-intensity global war, which appears to be an amplified representation of the Vietnam War, in which the U.S. was just beginning to be involved. The plot involves telepathy, speaking to animals, and, in the last few pages, an invasion by extraterrestrials.

The nominal adversaries in the novel are known as "cow-dyes", a corruption of Caodai, a religion of Vietnamese origin. On the American side, telepaths, who are used in espionage and other covert activities, are falling victim to "the glotch", a fatal affliction which is believed to be a Caodai bio-weapon, transmitted telepathically.

Slave Ship is the second book in The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy of books in the Star Wars expanded universe. It was written by K. W. Jeter.

Slave Ship is a 1937 film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery. The supporting cast features Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut. This is one of only four films out of the forty-eight that Beery made during the sound era for which he did not receive top billing.