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blackbirder
noun 3
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BLACKBIRDER + NOUN
beowa
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noun
1
A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
The renaming of New South Wales’s Ben Boyd National Park — named for Australia’s first blackbirder — as Beowa National Park in 2022 was a good first step. But apologising for running a slave trade that tore tens of thousands of Pacific islanders from their families should not be a hard sell in Australia’s parliament.
2
A ship used for blackbirding; a slaver.
3
A slavecatcher
Runaway slaves and free blacks were constantly being kidnapped by New York City’s many “Blackbirders,” slave-catching bounty hunters who deported their captures to the plantations.
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The renaming of New South Wales’s Ben Boyd National Park — named for Australia’s first blackbirder — as Beowa National Park in 2022 was a good first step. But apologising for running a slave trade tha
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Runaway slaves and free blacks were constantly being kidnapped by New York City’s many “Blackbirders,” slave-catching bounty hunters who deported their captures to the plantations.
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