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'''Blackbirding''' refers to a [[human trafficking]] practice in which people are kidnapped, sometimes involving false contracts and recruiting scams, and put into various forms of [[slavery]] and [[forced labor]]. The term is commonly associated with the practice in the [[Oceania|Pacific region]] during the 19th and early 20th century, though that specific period is only one part of the wider context the global slave trade it took place within.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Emma Christopher|newspaper=The Conversation|title=From the Caribbean to Queensland: re‑examining Australia’s ‘blackbirding’ past and its roots in the global slave trade|url=https://theconversation.com/from-the-caribbean-to-queensland-re-examining-australias-blackbirding-past-and-its-roots-in-the-global-slave-trade-158530|quote=}}</ref>
'''Blackbirding''' refers to a [[human trafficking]] practice in which people are kidnapped, sometimes involving false contracts and recruiting scams, and put into various forms of [[slavery]] and [[forced labor]]. The term is commonly associated with the practice in the [[Oceania|Pacific region]] during the 19th and early 20th century, though that specific period is only one part of the wider context of the global slave trade it took place within.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Emma Christopher|newspaper=The Conversation|title=From the Caribbean to Queensland: re‑examining Australia’s ‘blackbirding’ past and its roots in the global slave trade|url=https://theconversation.com/from-the-caribbean-to-queensland-re-examining-australias-blackbirding-past-and-its-roots-in-the-global-slave-trade-158530|quote=}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Blackbirding refers to a human trafficking practice in which people are kidnapped, sometimes involving false contracts and recruiting scams, and put into various forms of slavery and forced labor. The term is commonly associated with the practice in the Pacific region during the 19th and early 20th century, though that specific period is only one part of the wider context of the global slave trade it took place within.[1]

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