English Dictionary: blackbirding | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blackbirding \Black"bird*ing\, n. 1. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves. 2. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations. [Australia] |