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'Like Poor Galley Slaves ....': Slavery and Convict Transportation

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posted on 2023-05-22, 11:40 authored by Hamish Maxwell-StewartHamish Maxwell-Stewart
Slavery was just one of a number of forms of unfree labour associated with European overseas expansion. Indeed, of an estimated 5,300,000 unfree migrants carried on British vessels in the period 1519-1920 only about 58 percent were slaves. Of the remainder the rest were indentured servants (predominantly drawn from the Indian subcontinent) and 6 percent (or approximately 310,000) were transported convicts.

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Publication title

in Legacies of Slavery: Comparative Perspectives

Editors

Maria Suzette Fernandes Dias

Pagination

48-61

ISBN

1847181112

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Place of publication

Newcastle

Extent

12

Rights statement

Copyright © 2007 by Maria Suzette Fernandes Dias and contributors

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  • Restricted

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Understanding Australia’s past

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