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Blackbirding

Blackbirding was the trade in indentured labourers from the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is often described as a form of slavery, despite the Slave Trade Act 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire, including Australia. The trade frequently relied on coercion, deception, and kidnapping…

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Australia

Fiji

French Polynesia

Kingdom of Hawaii

New Zealand

Samoa

The Americas

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Blackbirding

Nodes273
Edges272
Triples418
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007326
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Blackbirding

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related to Kingdom of Hawaii · 51
Blackbirding → Allie Rowe, British, By, Captain, Captain Cadigan, Captain George Jackson, Captain Phillips, Captain Tierney, Caroline Islands, During, Elsinore, European, From, Gilbert Islanders, Gilbert Islands, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Hazard, Henry Freeman, However
related to New Caledonia · 48
Blackbirding → Ambroua, Andrew Henry, Annette, Another, Aoba, Apart, Approximately, Around, Aurora, Black Tom, Captain, Captains, Carter, Century, Charles Peterson Stuart, Children, Didier Numa Joubert, Douglas Carter, Effie Meikle, Erromango
related to French Polynesia · 32
Blackbirding → American, Atimaono, Blackett, British, Bully Hayes, Captain Blackett, Chinese, Close, Coffee Plantation Company, Conditions, December, Gilbert Islanders, Harsh, Hayes, In, Initially Stewart, Lucene, Moaroa, Niue, On
related to After annexation (1875 to 1911) · 30
Blackbirding → British, By, Captain Haddock, Captain James Lynch, Captain John Daly, Captain Lynch, Fiji, Heather Belle, In, India, Islander, Islanders, Kanaka, Levuka, Makira, Many, Marion Renny, Melanesia, October, Pacific Islanders
related to Mexico and Guatemala · 29
Blackbirding → Almy, American, Americas, Amid, Approximately, By, Captain Ferguson, Captain Luttrell, Drakes Bay, Englishman, European, Ferguson, Gilbert Islanders, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Guatemalan, Helen, In, John Magee, Mexican
related to Further reading · 28
Blackbirding → ABC News, ABC Radio, Alex, Australia's, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Blackbirds, Buchanan, Cabinet, Cane Fields, February, Fiona, July, June, Kallee, McKinnon, October, On, Our Pacific Ocean, Pepper, Premier
related to New South Wales · 27
Blackbirding → April, August, Australia, Benjamin Boyd, Boyd, Boyd Town, Captain Greuber, Captain Kirsopp, Don Juan, He, Islanders, Kirsopp, Many, Melanesian, New South Wales, October, Pacific, Queensland, Reports, Robert Towns
related to Samoa · 27
Blackbirding → After, Apia, By, Deutsche Handels, DHPG, German, Germans, Gilbert Islands, Godeffroy, Imported Chinese, In, Johann Cesar VI, Melanesian, Men, New Britain, New Ireland, New Zealand, Niue, Nomoi Islands, Plantagen Gesellschaft
related to Before annexation (1865 to 1874) · 26
Blackbirding → After, Albert Ross Hovell, Anglo-American, Anglo-Australian, Ben Pease, Fiji, Fijian, Hovell, Hugo Levinger, In, Islanders, July, Kanaka, Levuka, Lifou, New Hebrides, Sea Witch, Sydney, Tanna, The
related to Western Australia · 25
Blackbirding → Aboriginal, Aboriginal Australians, Aborigines, After, Barrow Island, Batavia, Broadhurst, Broome, Cadell, Cadell's, Charles Broadhurst, Colony, During, Fairbairn, Francis Cadell, In, Malays, Nickol Bay, North-West Australia, Robert Fairbairn

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islanders labour new islands captain trade queensland fiji labourers south pacific people plantations sea recruiting also kanakas vessel crew workers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Papua New Guineainstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
the Solomon Islandsinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
Vanuatuinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
Niueinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
Easter Islandinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
the Gilbert Islandsinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
Tuvaluinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
the islands of the Bismarck Archipelagoinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
amongst others.The ownersinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
captainsinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
and crews of the ships involved in the acquisition of these labourers were termed blackbirdersinstance ofwere taken from places0.80text
Spunkieinstance ofMaryborough and Brisbane became important centres for the trade with vessels0.80text

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