Blackbirding

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  • n. The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves.
  • n. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The kidnapping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold into slavery.
  • Engaged in the kidnapping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves: as, a blackbirding crew.
    • Word Usage
    "I had had some experience in blackbirding before I went pearling in the Paumotus."
    Verb Stem
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