Cannibal Cargoes: The Story of the Australian Blackbirders — Hector Holthouse

Title: Cannibal Cargoes: The Story of the Australian Blackbirders — Hector Holthouse

Author: Hector Holthouse

Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers

Format: Paperback

Edition: Outback Classics edition, 1986

ISBN: 0207153086 / 9780207153082

Condition: Second-hand. Light shelf wear, minor creasing to the cover, light rubbing to edges and corners, and mild page tanning. Overall a solid, readable copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Cannibal Cargoes examines the history of Australian blackbirding, the coercive labour trade that brought South Sea Islander workers to Queensland’s sugar plantations in the nineteenth century. Holthouse recounts the voyages, ship captains, labour recruiters and violent clashes connected with this trade, including the notorious figures who operated in the Pacific during this period.