Blackbird
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The early wealth of Queensland was dependent on slavery, know in Australia as blackbirding. Unsuspecting natives from the South Sea Islands were tricked or forced aboard slave ships and then sold to plantation owners to work in the sugar cane fields. Beautiful Kiri is destined for such a fate, but her courage delivers her from this.
Author: David Crookes
Format: Paperback, 440 pages
Published: 2001, Hachette Australia, Australia
Genre: Historical & Mythological Fiction
The early wealth of Queensland was dependent on slavery, know in Australia as blackbirding. Unsuspecting natives from the South Sea Islands were tricked or forced aboard slave ships and then sold to plantation owners to work in the sugar cane fields. Beautiful Kiri is destined for such a fate, but her courage delivers her from this.