Blackbird Before Time has been set up to share interesting, enlightening and sometimes shocking stories from our collection.This information has been imperative in my search to find out more about Blackbirding and recruiting of Indigenous peoples of the South Pacific mainly to Australia, my family, the ships, pirates, politicians, Missionaries, Blackbirders, the villages, the battles, the love affairs, the places, and the islands that make up a vital part of history..
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On the 29th July 1863, Robert Towns wrote this letter to Ross Lewin the Recruiter he had engaged to travel on the Don Juan to pick up his first shipment of "Kanakas" to work on his Cotton and later Sugar plantations. Towns had already employed Kanaka's on his ships and knew their capabilities.
On the 29th July 1863, Robert Towns wrote this letter to Ross Lewin the Recruiter he had engaged to travel on the Don Juan to pick up his first shipment of "Kanakas" to work on his Cotton and later Sugar plantations. Towns had already employed Kanaka's on his ships and knew their capabilities.
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