A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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... British parliament to abolish slavery in the British Isles . It was not until 1833 that all slaves in the British empire were freed . Not surprisingly , a parliament and a government that first encouraged and later condoned slavery was ...
... British parliament to abolish slavery in the British Isles . It was not until 1833 that all slaves in the British empire were freed . Not surprisingly , a parliament and a government that first encouraged and later condoned slavery was ...
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... British , either as to the spirit of British law , or as to the tone of British feeling and morals , than to suppose that the emancipated convicts of New South Wales are entitled to claim the same consideration in society , or the same ...
... British , either as to the spirit of British law , or as to the tone of British feeling and morals , than to suppose that the emancipated convicts of New South Wales are entitled to claim the same consideration in society , or the same ...
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... BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY By the end of the 1830s the Australian colonies had experienced almost a decade of British colonial policy based on the sale of Crown land and the use of the proceeds to subsidise immigration from Britain . Then ...
... BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY By the end of the 1830s the Australian colonies had experienced almost a decade of British colonial policy based on the sale of Crown land and the use of the proceeds to subsidise immigration from Britain . Then ...
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