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 46
... servants , when discovered , were swiftly dealt with . Magistrates who found a mistress had struck her servant and then charged the girl with insolence cancelled the sentence they had imposed and prohibited the employer from receiving ...
... servants , when discovered , were swiftly dealt with . Magistrates who found a mistress had struck her servant and then charged the girl with insolence cancelled the sentence they had imposed and prohibited the employer from receiving ...
Page 47
... servant were withdrawn and Mr Saunders refused further servants.1 In each of these cases the main issue is avoided , but there is an implication the women were being used or encouraged to act as prostitutes . The evidence concerning a ...
... servant were withdrawn and Mr Saunders refused further servants.1 In each of these cases the main issue is avoided , but there is an implication the women were being used or encouraged to act as prostitutes . The evidence concerning a ...
Page 131
... servant to William Cox Snr . , Esq . JP , of Clarendon for the last five months . That , about 2 months since , your Petitioner was tried before the Worshipful Bench of Magistrates at Windsor and sentenced to 3 years to a penal ...
... servant to William Cox Snr . , Esq . JP , of Clarendon for the last five months . That , about 2 months since , your Petitioner was tried before the Worshipful Bench of Magistrates at Windsor and sentenced to 3 years to a penal ...
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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