How 'Blackbirders' Forced Tens of Thousands of Pacific Islanders Into Slavery After the Civil War
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How 'Blackbirders' Forced Tens of Thousands of Pacific Islanders Into Slavery After the Civil War

The decline of the American South's cotton and sugar industries paved the way for plantations in British-controlled Fiji and Australia, where victims of "blackbirding" endured horrific working conditions