1. Blackbirding meant the recruitment of people through manipulation or simply kidnapping.2. Blackbirding has continued to the present day in developing countries.3. The 1870s were a time of illegal recruiting practices known as blackbirding . 4. Hayes made money blackbirding and purchased the brigantine " Samoa ". 5. She was later used for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific. 6. Journalist Joe Melvin visited in 1892, as part of his undercover investigation into blackbirding . 7. Hayes continued to trade in coconut oil, copra and in the lucrative blackbirding trade. 8. The methods of blackbirding were varied. 9. His and other ships were impressing villagers as workers on plantations, a practise known as blackbirding . 10. He also participated in blackbirding , the practise of coercing and kidnapping South Sea Islanders as slave labourers.
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