A Merciless Place : the Fate of Britain's Convicts after the American Revolution.

A Merciless Place : the Fate of Britain's Convicts after the American Revolution.

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 empire, driven by the winds of the Americ...

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Main Author: Christopher, Emma, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011
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.
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