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A merciless place the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution
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Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men an...
Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British e
Details
- Creator
- Emma Christopher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (453 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0199843759, 1283373467, 9786613373465, 0199843767, 0199782555
- OCLC
- ocn769344035
- "First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index.
- English
- Destinations for Britain's transported convicts, c. 1770-1800 -- West Africa, c. 1780-1822 -- Bound for America -- Mr. Jefferson and Patrick Madan -- London in flames -- The "best sacrifices for death" -- Africa -- The battle for the coast -- Deserting to the enemy -- A plantation with slaves -- A mutiny and a most peculiar murder -- Trouble at Goree Island -- "Naked and diseased on the sandy shore" -- Trying America again -- The once mighty are fallen -- Lemane Island -- The end of the African disaster -- Afterword
Subjects
- Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Penal colonies -- History -- 18th century.
- Penal colonies -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence.