blackbirder

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English

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Etymology

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blackbird +‎ -er

Noun

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blackbirder (plural blackbirders)

  1. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
  2. A ship used for blackbirding; a slaver.
  3. (US) A slavecatcher
    • 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 22, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
      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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