ID: | 14202 |
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Entry Text: | Lewis, Frank R. "The Cost of Convict Transportation from Britain to Australia, 1796-1810." EcHR, 2 ser, 41 (November 1988): 507-24. Sequence: 1st to American colonies as indentured servants, then to prison hulks, then to Australia; now revision: transportation to Australia "was startingly costly" & "unsuitable last resort"; debate continues. |