blackbirding / ˈblækˌbɜr dɪŋ /
📖毕业后词汇黑龙江省黑龙江黑鸟黑龙江日报
blackbirding 的定义
n. 名词 noun- the act or practice of kidnapping people, especially Pacific Islanders, and selling them into slavery abroad, usually in Australia.
更多blackbirding例句
- I sailed in the teak-built ketch, the Minota, on a blackbirding cruise to Malaita, and I took my wife along.
- Whalers introduced a terrible disease; Bully Hayes, as will be presently related, found it a virgin field for "blackbirding."
- A Solomon Islander, who had got there during the days when blackbirding or kidnapping was common, moved among them.
- What, and be sent down here hunting after the blackbirding blackguards?
- The traders were only too glad to get new recruits without the expense of blackbirding them.