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Page 86
... women , and three in 1798 with 492 men and ninety - four women . The first and only successful mutiny in a convict ship occurred in 1797 when the Lady Shore , carrying two male and sixty - six female convicts , was seized by the ...
... women , and three in 1798 with 492 men and ninety - four women . The first and only successful mutiny in a convict ship occurred in 1797 when the Lady Shore , carrying two male and sixty - six female convicts , was seized by the ...
Page 193
... female convicts great abuses have formerly prevailed ; they were indiscriminately given to such of the inhabitants as demanded them , and were in general received rather as prostitutes than as servants ; and so far from being induced to ...
... female convicts great abuses have formerly prevailed ; they were indiscriminately given to such of the inhabitants as demanded them , and were in general received rather as prostitutes than as servants ; and so far from being induced to ...
Page 216
... female convicts in the service of the Crown , and employed at the Government factory . Numbers of these women are of the most infamous and abandoned characters , composed of the very dregs of the whole colony , being principally ...
... female convicts in the service of the Crown , and employed at the Government factory . Numbers of these women are of the most infamous and abandoned characters , composed of the very dregs of the whole colony , being principally ...
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