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Blackbirding Tales Aboard the Leonora and Captain Hayes
The narrative recalls the Pacific labor raids known as blackbirding under Captain Bully Hayes on the Leonora. Williams describes recruiting natives from Swallow Island and Nukapu, battling canoes, sharks, and arrows to seize captives, and the tense, violent clashes that yielded eighteen captives and three prize canoes as Hayes pushes profitable but brutal labor trades.
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Pacific
Atlantic
South Sea
Queensland
Fiji
Hayes
Farragut
Leonora
Charles Williams
Honolulu
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R. B. Hidd
New York Herald
Aud Rgtte
Ellice
Swallow Islands
Patterson
Nukapu
Nukapw
Sun- Op
Pacific Islands
Jun
Kanaka Joe
Joe
Jim
Asone
Petu
Leanora
Feru
Swallow Island
Kanaka
Johnny
Bender
Charile
Kaptain
Fetu
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