Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Black Cattle

Negro slaves.

“She was chartered for the West Coast of Africa to trade with the natives, but not in black cattle, for slavery was never our line of business.” —J. Grant: Dick Rodney, chap. xi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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