Word info

blackbirding

Speech parts

1. blackbirding - Noun

2. blackbirding - Verb

Meaning

blackbirding (uncountable)

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

blackbirding

present participle of blackbird

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Blackbirding is a term that refers to when more than 50,000 Pacific Islanders were brought to Australia against their will to work in the cotton or sugar cane industries more than 100 years ago. Source: Internet

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