blackbirder

[ blak-bur-der ]

/ ˈblækˌbɜr dər /

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noun

(formerly) a person or ship illegally engaged in the slave trade, especially in the Pacific.

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Origin of blackbirder

First recorded in 1880–85; blackbird + -er¹

He recruited gangs of Chinese coolies with an efficiency which would have put an oldtime blackbirder to shame.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore
The authorities, they get worried because a Kanaka's spree lands him, like as not, in a blackbirder.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
They say he used to be a pirate and blackbirder and that he can tell strange yarns if he will—but that's all talk.
The Pirate Shark|Elliott Whitney