Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
Record 30 of 41
Previous Record Next Record
Electronic Book
Author Christopher, Emma, 1971-

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

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 432 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Note "First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780199782550 (hardcover alk. paper)
0199782555 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780199695935
9780199843763 (electronic bk.)

 
    
Available items only