blackbirding n. 绑架黑奴做劳工
- When blackbirding was outlawed, Broome was faced with the challenge of finding others to do the dangerous work of diving for pearls.
在黑奴买卖被禁止之后,布鲁姆面临着找到新的劳动力资源来从事危险的潜水采珠工作。
Blackbirding \Black"bird*ing\, n.
1. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as
slaves.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands
near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar
plantations. [Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]