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Page 170
When the terrible facts of kidnapping and brutal treatment at the island end were
proved beyond the shadow of doubt , they still persisted in paying the recruiter for
bringing Kanakas . They salved their consciences by insisting on stringent ...
When the terrible facts of kidnapping and brutal treatment at the island end were
proved beyond the shadow of doubt , they still persisted in paying the recruiter for
bringing Kanakas . They salved their consciences by insisting on stringent ...
Page 173
As the traffic became better known and its conditions more fully understood , it
grew more difficult to persuade natives to recruit of their own free will , and it was
then that more violent methods were resorted to , for the recruiter had his eye on
...
As the traffic became better known and its conditions more fully understood , it
grew more difficult to persuade natives to recruit of their own free will , and it was
then that more violent methods were resorted to , for the recruiter had his eye on
...
Page 174
Their specialty was not Kanakas but tortoiseshell , and their ships were called “
kill - kill ” as opposed to the “ snatch - snatch ” vessels of the recruiters . Their
method was to help the head - hunters to swell the numbers of their victims , and
they ...
Their specialty was not Kanakas but tortoiseshell , and their ships were called “
kill - kill ” as opposed to the “ snatch - snatch ” vessels of the recruiters . Their
method was to help the head - hunters to swell the numbers of their victims , and
they ...
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| Title | Patteson of Melanesia: A Brief Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop |
| Author | Frank Hume Lyall Paton |
| Publisher | Society for promoting Christian knowledge |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 209 pages |
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