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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 .
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 .
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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| 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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