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 internal trade in enslaved people within the United States, particularly the buying and selling of enslaved individuals that expanded slavery's reach and profitability in the antebellum South.
AP course connection
Topic 4.13: 4.13 The Society of the South in the
Early Republic