A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution / Emma Christopher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christopher, Emma, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penal transportation--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Penal transportation.

Penal transportation--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Prisoners--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Prisoners.

Prisoners--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Convict ships--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Convict ships.

Convict ships--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Penal colonies--History--18th century.

Penal colonies.

Penal colonies--History--19th century.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (453 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

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

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

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-984375-9

1-283-37346-7

9786613373465

0-19-984376-7

OCLC:

769344035