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    What is Blackbirding?

    Question #95346. Asked by author. (May 04 08 8:18 PM)


    BRY2K

    		Blackbirding refers to the kidnapping of Pacific Islanders or Kanakas for work on, or for sale to, plantations - usually sugar plantations in Queensland, Australia.

    It is a fact of the 40-year history of the labour trade that, of the 62 000 South Sea Islanders who were contracted to become labourers on Queensland's sugar cane fields, many were brought here illegally.

    Just how many Islanders were kidnapped or 'blackbirded' is unknown and remains a controversial debate. The official documents and accounts from this period often conflict with the oral tradition passed down through generations of South Sea Islanders.

    http://www.multicultural.qld.gov.au/services_and_resources/training/history/recruiting.php

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blackbirding

    May 04 08, 8:30 PM

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