Lexic.us

Definition of Blackbirding

1. n. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves.

Definition of Blackbirding

1. Noun. (UK Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blackbirding

1. blackbird [v] - See also: blackbird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackbirding

Literary usage of Blackbirding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Secret Service in South Africa by Douglas Blackburn, W. Waithman Caddell (1911)
"... Subject of Labour—Recruiting Native Labour—Coming of the Labour Agent—" blackbirding "—Attempts to Stop the Illicit Agent—Unexpected Action on the part ..."

2. Beach-la-mar: The Jargon Or Trade Speech of the Western Pacific by William Churchill (1911)
"blackbirding was the term cynically affected by its practitioners; ... It was the blackbirding which assumed the mongrel tongues wherever found, ..."

3. Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson in the Pacific by Arthur Johnstone (1905)
"NOTE F.—blackbirding AT the decline of the whaling industry in the Pacific many of the officers and sailors settled in the different island groups, ..."

4. Black Bazaar: Design Dilemmasby Ineke Hans, Ed van Hinte by Ineke Hans, Ed van Hinte (2003)
"blackbirding sets up an instant opposition between the white kidnappers and their dark-skinned victims. ..."

5. Catalogue of Books in the Lower Hall of the Boston Public Library in the by Boston Public Library (1892)
"blackbirding " in the South Pacific ; or, the first white man on the beach. ... 632.12 " blackbirding" refers to the practise of stealing the natives from ..."

6. Secret Service in South Africa by Douglas Blackburn, W. Waithman Caddell (1911)
"... Subject of Labour—Recruiting Native Labour—Coming of the Labour Agent—" blackbirding "—Attempts to Stop the Illicit Agent—Unexpected Action on the part ..."

7. Beach-la-mar: The Jargon Or Trade Speech of the Western Pacific by William Churchill (1911)
"blackbirding was the term cynically affected by its practitioners; ... It was the blackbirding which assumed the mongrel tongues wherever found, ..."

8. Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson in the Pacific by Arthur Johnstone (1905)
"NOTE F.—blackbirding AT the decline of the whaling industry in the Pacific many of the officers and sailors settled in the different island groups, ..."

9. Black Bazaar: Design Dilemmasby Ineke Hans, Ed van Hinte by Ineke Hans, Ed van Hinte (2003)
"blackbirding sets up an instant opposition between the white kidnappers and their dark-skinned victims. ..."

10. Catalogue of Books in the Lower Hall of the Boston Public Library in the by Boston Public Library (1892)
"blackbirding " in the South Pacific ; or, the first white man on the beach. ... 632.12 " blackbirding" refers to the practise of stealing the natives from ..."

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