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Sweet Water and Bitter : The Ships That Stopped the Slave Trade by Sian Rees
$25.00 AUD
$59.95 (58% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
When the abolitionist Granville Sharpe bought land in Sierra Leone to 'repatriate' freed slaves, one former slave living in London foresaw trouble. 'Is it possible', asked Ottobah Cugoano, biblically, 'that a fountain should send forth both sweet water and bitter?' Could the slave trade be abolished fro ...Show more
The Floating Brothel : The Extraordinary True Story of the Lady Julian and Its Cargo of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay by Sian Rees
$20.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
Australian convict history first published in the UK in 2001. Recounts the passage of the 'Lady Julian', the first ship to transport female convicts to Australia. Tells the individual stories of many of the convicts and sailors on the ship. Details the reasoning behind sending women to the convict colon ...Show more
The Ship Thieves by Sian Rees
$10.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
As dusk came down on the evening of 13 January 1834, James Porter and nine other convicts, transported at His Majesty's Pleasure to Van Diemen's Land, captured the newly launched barque the Frederick from their British masters. James Porter had spent the majority of his days since transportation plannin ...Show more
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