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Convict experience and the Patriot Exiles

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posted on 2023-05-20, 00:25 authored by Hamish Maxwell-StewartHamish Maxwell-Stewart
Eight-eight Patriot Exiles were transported to Van Diemen's Land in the wake of the abortive Canadian rebellions of 1837-38. In their published accounts these prisoners railed against the injustice of transportation and the brutality meted out to them. They charged the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, John Franklin, who they thought had singled them out far particularly savage treatment. Contrasting their experiences with those of the British and Irish criminals who they were forced to work alongside, they complained that they were particularly hard done by. This paper uses data drawn from a longitudinal sample of convict records to place the Patriot claims within comparative perspective.

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Australian Research Council

Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office

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Publication title

Australasian Canadian Studies

Volume

34

Issue

1-2

Pagination

119-133

ISSN

1832-5408

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2017 Australasian Canadian Studies

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Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology

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