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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]