Blackbirding

black·bird  (blkbûrd)

n.

1. Any of various New World birds of the family Icteridae, such as the grackle or red-winged blackbird, the male of which has black or predominantly black plumage.

2. An Old World songbird (Turdus merula), the male of which is black with a yellow bill. Also called merle¹.

3. Australian A South Sea Islander kidnapped and sold into slavery in Australia; a Kanaka.

tr.v. black·bird·ed, black·bird·ing, black·birds Australian

To kidnap (a South Sea Islander) and sell into slavery.