A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa / Emma Christopher.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 432 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199782550 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0199782555 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780199695935
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 994.02 CHR 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8949 .C47 2011
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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.
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"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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