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Page 142
... convict labour was far better than the drunken persons who had been thrown into the colony by the immigration system . As he saw it , the transportation system had the advantage of a degree of control over the worker that could not be ...
... convict labour was far better than the drunken persons who had been thrown into the colony by the immigration system . As he saw it , the transportation system had the advantage of a degree of control over the worker that could not be ...
Page 205
... convict system under which over half of society were slaves to slave - holders . His mission in life was to slip the ' slave moorings ' that tied the people to such viciousness . He put his ideas into his Report on the State of Prison ...
... convict system under which over half of society were slaves to slave - holders . His mission in life was to slip the ' slave moorings ' that tied the people to such viciousness . He put his ideas into his Report on the State of Prison ...
Page 360
... convict system , charging it with corrupting still further those who were undergoing the punishment , and , worse , with bringing into being nations or the germs of nations most thoroughly depraved in their vicious propensities . The ...
... convict system , charging it with corrupting still further those who were undergoing the punishment , and , worse , with bringing into being nations or the germs of nations most thoroughly depraved in their vicious propensities . The ...
Contents
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
OVERSTRAITERS OVERLANDERS AND OTHERS DESCEND | 84 |
ENGLANDS ECHO IN THE ANTIPODES | 113 |
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