A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / Emma Christopher.
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نصالناشر:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011وصف:432 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199782550
- 0199782555
- 9780199695935
- 0199695938
- Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Penal colonies -- History -- 18th century
- Penal colonies -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence
- HV8949 .C47 2011
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HV8949 .C47 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000048431 |
"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-412) and index.
Destinations for Britain's transported convicts, c. 1770-1800 -- West Africa, c. 1780-1822 -- Bound for America -- Mr. Jefferson and Patrick Madan -- London in flames -- The "best sacrifices for death" -- Africa -- The battle for the coast -- Deserting to the enemy -- A plantation with slaves -- A mutiny and a most peculiar murder -- Trouble at Goree Island -- "Naked and diseased on the sandy shore" -- Trying America again -- The once mighty are fallen -- Lemane Island -- The end of the African disaster -- Afterword.
"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index. Destinations for Britain's transported convicts, c. 1770-1800 -- West Africa, c. 1780-1822 -- Bound for America -- Mr. Jefferson and Patrick Madan -- London in flames -- The "best sacrifices for death"--Africa -- The battle for the coast -- Deserting to the enemy -- A plantation with slaves -- A mutiny and a most peculiar murder -- Trouble at Goree Island -- "Naked and diseased on the sandy shore"--Trying America again -- The once mighty are fallen -- Lemane Island -- The end of the African disaster -- Afterword.
