Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish

2018

<i>Eighty-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 for 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.</i>

Australasian Canadian Studies, 34(1-2), p. 119-133

1832-5408

0810-1906

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/33728

en

Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ)

Colonial Labour Exploitation and the Patriot Exiles

Journal Article

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