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We blackbirded from the New hebrides and the Line Islands over to the westward, clear through the Louisiades, New Britain, New Ireland, and New Hanover.
The Heathen 1914
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We blackbirded from the New hebrides and the Line Islands over to the westward, clear through the Louisiades, New Britain, New Ireland, and New Hanover.
The Heathen 1910
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We blackbirded from the New Hebrides and the Line Islands over to the westward clear through the Louisades, New Britain, New Ireland, and New Hanover.
South Sea Tales Jack London 1896
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'Solomoni' community descended from Solomon Islanders 'blackbirded' from their homes in the nineteenth century to work as virtual slaves on Fiji's sugar and copra plantations.
ACNS News Digest 2009
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