Pacific Islanders Protection Act

The Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 19) (PIP Act) or the Kidnapping Act 1872 was a law passed by the United Kingdom that was made to protect the indigenous populations of the Pacific Islands from kidnapping and blackbirding (a practice involving the coercion and forced recruitment of Pacific Islanders for labour). Under this law, British ships were prohibited from kidnapping or coercing Pacific Islanders into recruitment.

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