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Merciless Place
Emma Christopher
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Description for Merciless Place
The disastrous history of the British transportation of convicts to West Africa after the loss of the North American colonies, and before the opening of Australia as a new destination for Britan's criminal classes Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFD; 1MBF; 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
This is a story lost to history for over two hundred years; a dirty secret of failure, fatal misjudgement and desperate measures which the British Empire chose to forget almost as soon as it was over. In the wake of its most crushing defeat, the America War of Independence, the British Government began shipping its criminals to West Africa. Some were transported aboard ships going to pick up their other human cargo: African slaves. When they arrived at their destination, soldiers and even convicts were forced to work in the region's slave-trading forts guarding the human merchandise. In ... Read more
This is a story lost to history for over two hundred years; a dirty secret of failure, fatal misjudgement and desperate measures which the British Empire chose to forget almost as soon as it was over. In the wake of its most crushing defeat, the America War of Independence, the British Government began shipping its criminals to West Africa. Some were transported aboard ships going to pick up their other human cargo: African slaves. When they arrived at their destination, soldiers and even convicts were forced to work in the region's slave-trading forts guarding the human merchandise. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199695935
SKU
V9780199695935
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About Emma Christopher
Emma Christopher holds two Australia Research Council fellowships and is on the faculty of the Department of History at the University of Sydney. She gained her PhD from University College London in 2002 and has received grants and fellowships from the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, Harvard University's Atlantic World Center, and Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center. She has ... Read more
Reviews for Merciless Place
riveting account ... fascinating book
Times Higher Education Supplement
a beautifully crafted endeavor...excellent writing...Thoroughly researched, brilliantly written, deeply humane
H-Net
well worth an afternoon or two of your time
The Spectator
the most remarkable story, and she should be commended...for bringing it out of the archives and into the light.'
Sunday Times
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Times Higher Education Supplement
a beautifully crafted endeavor...excellent writing...Thoroughly researched, brilliantly written, deeply humane
H-Net
well worth an afternoon or two of your time
The Spectator
the most remarkable story, and she should be commended...for bringing it out of the archives and into the light.'
Sunday Times
... Read more