Colonial britain’s convict labour policies and the cape colony, 1806-1899

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• who: Opsomming et al. from the Maylene Swiegers completed her PhD in History at the University of the Free State have published the article: Colonial Britainu2019s Convict Labour Policies and the Cape Colony, 1806-1899, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 12/09/2013
• what: The article describes convict transportation anti-convict agitation by Cape colonists and the economic significance of convict labour and public works projects. The outbreak of the American War of Independence in 1775, halted extensive convict transportation from Britain, and from 1787 onwards, Australia became the main focus of convict transportation from . . .
  

   

  

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