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Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia
Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia
Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia
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“A book that looks deeply into the lives of some of the convicts who were sentenced in court to be transported to Botany Bay.” —Pirates and Privateers
 
In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported beyond the seas. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empires most remote colony: Australia. Through vivid real-life case studies and famous tales of the exceptional and extraordinary, Convicts in the Colonies narrates the history of convict transportation to Australia—from the first to the final fleet.
 
Using the latest original research, Convicts in the Colonies reveals a fascinating century-long history of British convicts unlike any other. Covering everything from crime and sentencing in Britain and the perilous voyage to Australia, to life in each of the three main penal colonies—New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land, and Western Australia—this book charts the lives and experiences of the men and women who crossed the world and underwent one of the most extraordinary punishments in history.
 
“An easily read, fascinating history, telling the tales of the ‘recidivist’ convicts in the 18th and 19th centuries.” —The Essex Family Historian
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 30, 2018
ISBN9781526718396
Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia
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Lucy Williams

Lucy Williams is Professor of Law at the Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, USA

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