A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838Melbourne University Press, 1968 - Australia |
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... labour for a limited period only . They were in one respect worse off than the West Indian negro , for they suffered the additional misery of knowing they had been their own tormentors . Or so Arthur thought , for Arthur was a deeply ...
... labour for a limited period only . They were in one respect worse off than the West Indian negro , for they suffered the additional misery of knowing they had been their own tormentors . Or so Arthur thought , for Arthur was a deeply ...
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... labour ? On this the abolitionists did not have it all their own way . Some doubted whether the colony had reached a stage where it could afford to dispense with convict labour . They were told it was true that if the whole of the ...
... labour ? On this the abolitionists did not have it all their own way . Some doubted whether the colony had reached a stage where it could afford to dispense with convict labour . They were told it was true that if the whole of the ...
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... labour of their hands . Thanks to convict labour some of the settlers now had that surplus wealth which would enable them to retire from active exertion , and aspire to the possession of every luxury . Convicts , parsons , school ...
... labour of their hands . Thanks to convict labour some of the settlers now had that surplus wealth which would enable them to retire from active exertion , and aspire to the possession of every luxury . Convicts , parsons , school ...
Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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