A merciless place : the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia / Emma Christopher.

By: Christopher, Emma, 1971-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010Description: 448 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781742372273 (pbk.); 1742372279 (pbk.)Subject(s): Land settlement -- Australia -- History | Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History | Australia -- Colonization -- History | Australia -- History -- 1788-1900DDC classification: 994.02 LOC classification: DU115 | .C475 2010
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index.

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.

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.

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