About: Henry Ross Lewin

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Henry Ross Lewin or Henry Ross-Lewin (c. 1830 – April 1874) was one of the most prominent blackbirders of South Sea Islander labour in the 19th Century. He worked with Robert Towns in the early 1860s to establish this labour trade in the British colony of Queensland. He later worked as an independent recruiter of Islander labour for himself and other capitalists. Ross-Lewin also formed a plantation on the island of Tanna where he was killed in 1874.

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  • Henry Ross Lewin or Henry Ross-Lewin (c. 1830 – April 1874) was one of the most prominent blackbirders of South Sea Islander labour in the 19th Century. He worked with Robert Towns in the early 1860s to establish this labour trade in the British colony of Queensland. He later worked as an independent recruiter of Islander labour for himself and other capitalists. Ross-Lewin also formed a plantation on the island of Tanna where he was killed in 1874. (en)
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  • Henry Ross Lewin or Henry Ross-Lewin (c. 1830 – April 1874) was one of the most prominent blackbirders of South Sea Islander labour in the 19th Century. He worked with Robert Towns in the early 1860s to establish this labour trade in the British colony of Queensland. He later worked as an independent recruiter of Islander labour for himself and other capitalists. Ross-Lewin also formed a plantation on the island of Tanna where he was killed in 1874. (en)
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