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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781948003321

Autore

Christopher Emma <1971->

Titolo

A merciless place [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / / Emma Christopher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-984375-9

1-283-37346-7

9786613373465

0-19-984376-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Disciplina

365/.34

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 e