Irish Convict Transportation and the Reach of the State in Late Hanoverian Britain
The difficulties encountered by English authorities in resuming the regular and effective transportation of convicts overseas between the loss of the original American destination in 1775 and the opening of a penal settlement in New South Wales in 1787 are well known to historians of criminal justic...
Published in: | Journal of the Canadian Historical Association |
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Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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The Canadian Historical Association/La Société historique du Canada
1997
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Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/031117ar https://doi.org/10.7202/031117ar |