A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / / Emma Christopher.
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 432 p., [12] p. of plates :; ill., maps. |
| Notes: | "First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso. |
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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.