A merciless place [electronic resource] : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / Emma Christopher.
2011
HV8949 .C47 2011eb
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A merciless place [electronic resource] : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / Emma Christopher.
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9780199782550 (hardcover alk. paper)
0199782555 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780199695935
9780199843763 (e-book)
0199782555 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780199695935
9780199843763 (e-book)
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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English
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432 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps.
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HV8949 .C47 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
365/.34
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"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.