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William Henry "Bully" Hayes (1827 or 1829 – 31 March 1877) [1] was a notorious American ship's captain who engaged in blackbirding in the 1860s and 1870s. [2] [3]Hayes operated across the breadth of the Pacific Ocean from the 1850s until his murder on 31 March 1877.
A privateer was a private person authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateering was an accepted part of naval warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries, authorised by all significant naval powers.
Captain Bully Hayes is a 1970 Australian book by Frank Clune about Bully Hayes. It has been called "Perhaps the most reliable account of the life of Bully Hayes." [1] [2] [3] Clune had written about Hayes in an episode of his 1938 radio series Scallywags of the Pacific. [4] He also wrote about him in his 1938 book Free and Easy Land. [5]
Blackbirding sea Captain William Henry Bully Hayes. Albert Ross Hovell, son of the noted explorer William Hilton Hovell, was a prominent blackbirder in the early years of the Fijian labour market. [132] In 1867 he was captain of Sea Witch, recruiting men and boys from Tanna and Lifou.
First edition (publ. Random House) Rascals in Paradise is a 1957 collection of ten nonfiction short stories co-written by James A. Michener (1907-1997) and University of Hawaii professor Arthur Grove Day (1904-1994). [1]
In August 1871 Restieaux sailed with Bully Hayes on the Leonora and landed on Pingelap atoll where he traded as agent for Hayes until May 1872. Bully Hayes gave Restieaux a promissory note payable three months from date – this was never paid. [1] Restieaux sailed with Hayes through the Gilbert Islands (now known as Kiribati) and arrived in ...
Bully Hayes was a notorious recruiter of native labour in the South Seas using trickery or kidnap. The practice referred to as blackbirding, supplied plantation owners with workers who often never returned to their homeland. In 1872 Hayes was arrested by Captain Meade of the USS Narragansett in Samoa. However, after investigation, he was ...
Kosrae (/ k oʊ ˈ ʃ aɪ / koh-SHY), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island and state in the Federated States of Micronesia.It includes the main island of Kosrae and a few nearby islands and islets, the most significant of which (Lelu Island) is inhabited by 1,500 people.