Blackbirder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackbirder is a noun meaning A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
Meaning
A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
More Meanings
- A ship used for blackbirding; a slaver.
- (US) A slavecatcher
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- blackbirders
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blackbirding, blackbird, birder, pirate, birdnapper, bellbird.
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