| ISBN |
9781742372273 (pbk.) |
| 1742372279 (pbk.) |
| Name |
Christopher, Emma, 1971- |
| Title |
A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia / Emma Christopher. |
| Published |
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010. |
| Description |
448 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Bound for America.--2. Mr Jefferson and Patrick Madan.--3. London in Flames.--4. The 'Best Sacrifices for Death'.--5. Africa.--6. Battle for the Coast.--7. Deserting the Enemy.--8. A Plantation with Slaves.--9. A Mutiny and a Most Peculiar Murder.--10. Trouble at Goree Island.--11. 'Naked and Diseased on the Sandy Shore'.--12. Trying America Again.--13. The Once Mighty Have Fallen.--14. Lemane Island.--15. The End of the African Disaster. |
| Summary |
In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales. |
| Subjects |
Convicts -- Great Britain -- History |
| Penal colonies |
| Penal colonies -- Africa -- History |
| Penal colonies -- New South Wales -- History |
| Transportation of convicts |
| Transportation of convicts -- Africa -- History |
| Transportation of convicts -- New South Wales -- History |
| Australia -- Colonization -- History |
| Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History |
| Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 |
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