A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of Macquarie |
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... transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors who shipped them to the West Indies or the southern American colonies , where they were sold again to plantation owners who acquired a property in their labour for the ...
... transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors who shipped them to the West Indies or the southern American colonies , where they were sold again to plantation owners who acquired a property in their labour for the ...
Page 91
... transportation in either the British Isles or , in rare cases , a British possession overseas . Transportation was , next to death , the most severe punishment known to the criminal law and as such was intended to serve the ends of all ...
... transportation in either the British Isles or , in rare cases , a British possession overseas . Transportation was , next to death , the most severe punishment known to the criminal law and as such was intended to serve the ends of all ...
Page 92
... transportation was that it removed the criminal to a place where he could do no further harm . The interest of the ... transportation either by the commutation of a death sentence to transporta- tion for a stated period , or for a breach ...
... transportation was that it removed the criminal to a place where he could do no further harm . The interest of the ... transportation either by the commutation of a death sentence to transporta- tion for a stated period , or for a breach ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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