A person involved in 'blackbirding' — the practice of kidnapping or coercing Pacific Islander peoples into forced labour on Australian and other colonial plantations in the 19th century, a form of effectively enslaved labour. Also used historically for those who caught escaped enslaved people in the antebellum American South. The term covers both the person and the ship used in the trade.
The colony's labour shortage drove a boom in blackbirders working the Pacific Islands.
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A person involved in blackbirding .
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A ship used for blackbirding; a slaver.
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(US) A slavecatcher.
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