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Convicts sentenced to 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 ...
Convicts sentenced to 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 ...
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So long as the War of Independence lasted the official policy was to make do with
such expedients as the hulks, until such time as an American surrender permitted
transportation to be renewed. On this the British remained doggedly sanguine.
So long as the War of Independence lasted the official policy was to make do with
such expedients as the hulks, until such time as an American surrender permitted
transportation to be renewed. On this the British remained doggedly sanguine.
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tolerable of evils, to reform the convicts and to provide labour for the colonies.6
Some claimed that the greatest benefit of transportation was that it removed the
criminal to a place where he could do no further harm.7 The interest of the mother
...
tolerable of evils, to reform the convicts and to provide labour for the colonies.6
Some claimed that the greatest benefit of transportation was that it removed the
criminal to a place where he could do no further harm.7 The interest of the mother
...
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Contents
THE EARLIEST TIMES TO CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOM | 3 |
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
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