The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Attempts were made to land convicts from Great Britain in the former colonies , as
well as in Newfoundland and Honduras . In 1789 Pitt's foreign minister , W. W.
Grenville , felt called upon to point out that the landing convicts in the territories of
...
Attempts were made to land convicts from Great Britain in the former colonies , as
well as in Newfoundland and Honduras . In 1789 Pitt's foreign minister , W. W.
Grenville , felt called upon to point out that the landing convicts in the territories of
...
Page 419
A person to whom convicts were assigned possessed a legal property in their
services . He had to feed and clothe them according to a regulation scale , and if
they committed offences , or their conduct was unsatisfactory , they might be ...
A person to whom convicts were assigned possessed a legal property in their
services . He had to feed and clothe them according to a regulation scale , and if
they committed offences , or their conduct was unsatisfactory , they might be ...
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Reprinted in his collected Works ( 11 vols , 1837 ) , together with other writings on
convicts and transportation . BLOSSEVILLE , B. E. P. , Marquis de . Histoire des
colonies pénales de l'Angleterre dans l'Australie . Paris , 1831. A defence of ...
Reprinted in his collected Works ( 11 vols , 1837 ) , together with other writings on
convicts and transportation . BLOSSEVILLE , B. E. P. , Marquis de . Histoire des
colonies pénales de l'Angleterre dans l'Australie . Paris , 1831. A defence of ...
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