▁Way ▁We ▁Civil ise ; ▁Black ▁and ▁White ; ▁The ▁Native ▁Police ▁( pub lished ▁in ▁Br is b ane , ▁December ▁ 1 8 8 0 ) ▁character ised ▁by ▁Henry ▁Reyn olds ▁as ▁"... one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁political ▁tract s ▁in ▁Australian ▁history ..." ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁his ▁other ▁work , ▁Fe il berg ▁thus ▁not ably ▁author ed ▁a ▁great ▁number ▁of ▁articles ▁on ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁human ▁rights ▁ab uses ▁towards ▁island ers ▁and ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁The ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁so - called ▁Kan aka ▁trade ▁or ▁Black bird ing ▁– ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁Mel anes ian ▁labour ▁on ▁Queensland ▁sugar ▁plant ations ▁– ▁was ▁high ▁on ▁his ▁ag enda ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁on wards ; ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁journal ▁were ▁thus ▁instrument al ▁in ▁bringing ▁about ▁the ▁conv iction ▁of ▁the ▁Captain ▁of ▁the ▁rec ruit ing ▁sch oon er ▁" J ason " ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁ ▁Fe il berg ' s ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁colonial ▁Queensland ▁included ▁editor ial s ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁Cou rier ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 8 ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁Cook town ▁Cou rier ▁during ▁January ▁to ▁March ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁and ▁two ▁newspaper ▁campaign s ▁strongly ▁critical ▁of ▁Queensland ' s ▁front ier ▁ind igen ous ▁policies . ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁campaign s ▁was ▁conducted ▁in ▁the