MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010049032
003 DLC
005 20110818160438.0
008 101201s2011 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010049032
020 $a9780199782550 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0199782555 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780199695935
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn681503781
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050 00 $aHV8949$b.C47 2011
082 00 $a365/.34$222
100 1 $aChristopher, Emma,$d1971-
245 12 $aA merciless place :$bthe fate of Britain's convicts after the American Revolution /$cEmma Christopher.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2011.
300 $a432 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 367-412) and index.
505 0 $aDestinations 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.
650 0 $aPenal transportation$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aPenal transportation$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xInfluence.
650 0 $aPrisoners$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aPrisoners$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aConvict ships$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aConvict ships$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPenal colonies$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aPenal colonies$xHistory$y19th century.