BLACKBIRDING

Etymology

Noun

blackbirding (uncountable)

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

Verb

blackbirding

present participle of blackbird

Source: Wiktionary

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]

BLACKBIRD

Black"bird, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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