Debate: Outsiders blamed for Easter Island's historic demise, page 1
6 posts - 4 authors - Last post: Aug 3, 2010The slave trade did eradicate the vestiges of the original culture on the island . EASTER ISLAND AND THE BLACKBIRDERS
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Jan 12, 2006 Easter Island : SummitPost.org : Climbing, hiking, mountaineering. In 1862, a fleet of Peruvian black-birders kidnapped 1400 of the
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The Peruvian Slave Trade ( blackbirding ) of 1862-1864 also had a devastating effect on Easter Island . It decimated the population and destroyed the culture
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A brief history of European contact on Easter Island from Moon Handbooks of eight Peruvian blackbirders kidnapped some 1400 Rapanui who were sold as
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In 1825, trader Peter Dillon's discovery of sandalwood on the island of Erromango encouraged a long-term indentured labor trade called " blackbirding ".
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Jane's Easter Island Home Page english - Extensive information on Easter Island , centre of the world, including mythology, genealogy, blackbirding ,
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Sep 30, 2006 He came back in 1867, bought lands on Easter Island , in Mataveri, near Rano Kao crater. He became a “ blackbirder ” (id est workforce dealer).
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Apr 14, 2010 Historical background 1798 Captain John Feam names it “Pleasant Island .” 1850 Whalers, black birders , loggers, and buccaneers stop by the
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By pioneering blackbirding in the South Pacific, Boyd smoothed the way for
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These have only recently been resurrected by modern archaeological efforts ( Easter Island Home Page). During the nineteenth century, “ blackbirders ,” or