The Convict Years: Transportation and the Penal System, 1788-1868Discusses the origins of the convict system, the arguments for and against its continuance, the operations of the various penal settlements, the work and life of convicts in the assignment system, escapes and punishments, the convict ships, governors, settlers and famous convicts. Over 150 contemporary illustrations, many of them previously unpublished, complete this magnificent and signification historical volume. |
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