TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christopher,Emma
TI  - A merciless place: the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa 
SN  - 9780199782550 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - HV8949 .C47 2011
U1  - 994.02 CHR 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Penal transportation
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Prisoners
KW  - Convict ships
KW  - Penal colonies
KW  - United States
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Influence
N1  - "First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index; 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
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UR  - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41580
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