Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The forced migration of over one million enslaved African Americans from the upper South to the lower South during the cotton boom, representing the largest forced migration in American history.
AP course connection
Topic 2.5: 2.5 Slave Auctions and the Domestic Slave Trade