Blackbird Leys

Blackbird Leys is the roughest bit of Oxford, youths roam the streets and pick on anyone, whether they be an outsider or a local... at least that's what most people in Oxford think it's like. But really, it's actually an area with a strong sense of community spirit. There's no over entitled students around here, no one asking for money, no tourists. Just a proper working class community. There's chavs, like anywhere else, but most people on the estate are ordinary folk whose families have lived here for decades.

Me: You should actually come and see Blackbird Leys for yourself, it's a proper place that's actually down to Earth.

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blackbirding

While there is evidence that some of the 62,000 people sent to Australia came willingly, and signed contracts to work on the plantations, many others mostly Pacific Islanders were lured or taken forcibly onto the boats.

This practice is what's known as blackbirding.

Blackbirding - technical indentured labourers are blackbirds.

If you're not getting paid your getting a blackbirding.