Blackbirding

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blackbirding \Black"bird*ing\, n.
     1. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as
        slaves.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands


        near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar
        plantations. [Australia]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]