A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess RoyalThe story of 100 women convicts transported together in 1829 from England to Australia--to become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Portrays the personalities and circumstances of the women, the conditions under which they served their sentences, and the course of their life after prison. Acidic paper. Available in North America from ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 8
... Nottingham 5,000 men paraded daily , led by women carrying banners reading ' Pity Our Distress ... We Ask for Bread ... Help Our Children'.15 It was in these circumstances that Susannah and Edward produced their children and struggled ...
... Nottingham 5,000 men paraded daily , led by women carrying banners reading ' Pity Our Distress ... We Ask for Bread ... Help Our Children'.15 It was in these circumstances that Susannah and Edward produced their children and struggled ...
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... Nottingham public house , she would have seen a vivid description of the kind of reunion that took place . William Hunt , a Nottingham man who was a private in the Royal Veteran Company , described his arrival in Sydney : The first man ...
... Nottingham public house , she would have seen a vivid description of the kind of reunion that took place . William Hunt , a Nottingham man who was a private in the Royal Veteran Company , described his arrival in Sydney : The first man ...
Page 208
... Nottingham Review , 22 March 1828 , op . cit . 31 Calendar of Prisoners in the Southwell House of Correction 1827-28 . NCRO Q / CR / WZC Ref . QAG 5 , Microfilm Z408 . 32 Nottingham Journal , 29 March 1828 , p . 3 , 33 Ibid . , 19 April ...
... Nottingham Review , 22 March 1828 , op . cit . 31 Calendar of Prisoners in the Southwell House of Correction 1827-28 . NCRO Q / CR / WZC Ref . QAG 5 , Microfilm Z408 . 32 Nottingham Journal , 29 March 1828 , p . 3 , 33 Ibid . , 19 April ...
Contents
Pity Our Distress | 6 |
The Full Penalty of the Law | 15 |
Transported Beyond the Seas | 24 |
Copyright | |
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A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal Babette Smith Limited preview - 2008 |
A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal Babette Smith No preview available - 2005 |
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