A Merciless Place : the Fate of Britain's Convicts after the American Revolution.

Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British empire, driven by the winds of the Americ...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Christopher, Emma, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
Subjects:
1700-1899
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.
Prisonniers > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Prisonniers > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Navires pénitenciers > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Navires pénitenciers > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Reference.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Convict ships
Penal colonies
Penal transportation
Prisoners
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Influence.
Great Britain
United States
History
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