Blackbird

In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phœniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.(Zool.) See: Redwing

Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian.[Cant, pejorative]

A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called also Kanaka.[Australia, pejorative] Also: Kanaka

to engage in the slave trade.[Colloq.]