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 95
... husband at Maitland to my house ; and , arriving in a weakly state , I wrote to him to come and fetch her , but he ... husband.25 This resulted in a confusing and invidious relationship , which was unique to the penal colonies : the ...
... husband at Maitland to my house ; and , arriving in a weakly state , I wrote to him to come and fetch her , but he ... husband.25 This resulted in a confusing and invidious relationship , which was unique to the penal colonies : the ...
Page 96
... husband , who marries a convict , cannot take her before the Bench for an offence , for which convicts alone are punishable and , in relation to the husband , the woman is not a convict , but a wife . In relation to other people , she ...
... husband , who marries a convict , cannot take her before the Bench for an offence , for which convicts alone are punishable and , in relation to the husband , the woman is not a convict , but a wife . In relation to other people , she ...
Page 97
... husband want her . Four months later , when she obtained her certificate of freedom , she must have thankfully shed the arbitrary control of husband and govern- ment , as she hoped , for ever . 35 To what extent did these women's ...
... husband want her . Four months later , when she obtained her certificate of freedom , she must have thankfully shed the arbitrary control of husband and govern- ment , as she hoped , for ever . 35 To what extent did these women's ...
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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