blackbirding

noun

1. (formerly) the act or practice of kidnapping persons, especially Kanakas, and selling them abroad as slaves.

noun

1. a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
2. any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, having black plumage.Compare crow blackbird, red-winged blackbird, rusty blackbird.
3. any of several other unrelated birds having black plumage in either or both sexes.
4. (formerly) a person, especially a Kanaka, who was kidnapped and sold abroad, usually in Australia, as a slave.

verb (used with object)

5. to kidnap (a person), as in blackbirding.

verb (used without object)

6. to engage in blackbirding.

noun

1. a common European thrush, Turdus merula, in which the male has a black plumage and yellow bill and the female is brown
2. any of various American orioles having a dark plumage, esp any of the genus Agelaius
3. history a person, esp a South Sea Islander, who was kidnapped and sold as a slave, esp in Australia

verb

4. (tr) (formerly) to kidnap and sell into slavery