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 101
... Sarah . Their life began well . They settled down in Sydney where John was employed by Lewis Cohen of George Street , but this arrangement was disrupted by an argument over a red silk handkerchief which John had given to Sarah . Cohen ...
... Sarah . Their life began well . They settled down in Sydney where John was employed by Lewis Cohen of George Street , but this arrangement was disrupted by an argument over a red silk handkerchief which John had given to Sarah . Cohen ...
Page 104
... Sarah's world was shattered and her distress was revealed through her behaviour . Over the following months she was repeatedly punished for various offences , and by December , when the ticket arrived in Bathurst , she was in solitary ...
... Sarah's world was shattered and her distress was revealed through her behaviour . Over the following months she was repeatedly punished for various offences , and by December , when the ticket arrived in Bathurst , she was in solitary ...
Page 128
... Sarah was going through a very bad patch . A few months late , how- ever , she was free and could do as she wished , 71 but on 8 October she was in court again , charged with drunkenness . Constable Rouse states : Between 9 and 10 o ...
... Sarah was going through a very bad patch . A few months late , how- ever , she was free and could do as she wished , 71 but on 8 October she was in court again , charged with drunkenness . Constable Rouse states : Between 9 and 10 o ...
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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