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KANAKA

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 647 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KANAKA  , a Polynesian word meaning "

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man," used by Polynesians to describe themselves . Its ethnical value, never
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great, has been entirely destroyed by. its indiscriminate use by the
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French to describe all
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South
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Sea islanders, whether
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black or
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brown . The corrupt French
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form canaque has been used by some
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English writers . The
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term came into prominence in 1884–1885 in connexion with the scandals arising over the kidnap-ping of South Sea islanders for enforced labour on the
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sugar plantations of
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north
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Queensland .

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