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New book traces how Sydney's elite profited from Australia's Pacific slave trade
A new book traces how Sydney's colonial elite profited from the "blackbirding" trade — the capture and sale of Pacific Islanders as forced labour. Emelda Davis, a former Sydney city councillor and second-generation descendant of blackbirded South Sea Islanders, says "the evidence of the Australian slave trade is everywhere — it hides in plain sight." The book challenges Australia's widespread belief that its history is untainted by slavery.
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