Blackbirding Definition

noun

(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.

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Origin of Blackbirding

  • From blackbird +‎ -ing, suggestedly from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).

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