RIVER, SELL DOWN THE (1)

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let down; betray. From the early American practice o f selling unruly (or otherwise undesirable) slaves at a reduced rate to traders who took them down the Mississippi River to sell as field hands on Delta plantations, the work there being hard, the living conditions unhealthy and the hope of escape or betterment reduced to near zero. —Class VIII №16, Approved November 1990