A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution
2011
365.34 C556 2011
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Title
A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description
[8], 432 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
365.34 C556 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)681503781
Note
"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-412) and index.
Contents: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-412) and index.
Contents: 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.
L2011M100
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