Title A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia / Emma Christopher

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010

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MELB	994.02 Chr/Mpt		AVAILABLE

Description 448 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 24 cm regular print Contents 1. Bound for America.--2. Mr Jefferson and Patrick Madan.--3. London in Flames.--4. The 'Best Sacrifices for Death'.--5. Africa.--6. Battle for the Coast.--7. Deserting the Enemy.--8. A Plantation with Slaves.--9. A Mutiny and a Most Peculiar Murder.--10. Trouble at Goree Island.--11. 'Naked and Diseased on the Sandy Shore'.--12. Trying America Again.--13. The Once Mighty Have Fallen.--14. Lemane Island.--15. The End of the African Disaster Summary In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales Analysis Africa, Western Colonisation Deportation Great Britain History, 1801-1900 History, Pre-1801 New South Wales Prisoners Notes Also published under the title: A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-427) and index Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL Ebook Library Subject Prisoners -- Great Britain -- History. Land settlement -- Australia -- History. Penal colonies -- Africa -- History. Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. Penal colonies. Prisoners -- Transportation -- Africa. Prisoners -- Transportation -- Australia -- New South Wales. Prisoners -- Transportation. Prisoners -- Transportation -- Africa -- History. Prisoners -- Transportation -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114312 Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 ISBN 1742372279 (paperback) 9781742372273 (paperback)

Other Titles Lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia A merciless place : the fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution

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