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  • Convict assignment — was the practice used in many penal colonies of assigning convicts to work for private individuals. Contemporary abolitionists characterised the practice as virtual slavery, and some, but by no means all, latter day historians have agreed with… …   Wikipedia

  • Convict era of Western Australia — James Wilson, a convict transported to Western Australia in 1867 The convict era of Western Australia was the period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders …   Wikipedia

  • Colony of Tasmania — This article is about the former British Colony known as Tasmania that existed from 1856 until 1901. For other uses of the name Tasmania , see Tasmania (disambiguation). Colony of Tasmania British colony …   Wikipedia

  • Convict women in Australia — Main article: Convicts in Australia Black eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth taking leave of their lovers who are going to Botany Bay Convict women in Australia were the female segme …   Wikipedia

  • Convict — This article is about an individual who has been convicted of a crime. For other uses, see Convict (disambiguation). For a person convicted of a felony crime, see Convicted felon. A convict is a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a… …   Wikipedia

  • convict — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of) prove to be guilty (of a crime etc.). 2 declare guilty by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge. n. 1 a person found guilty of a criminal offence. 2 chiefly hist. a person serving a prison sentence,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • convict — verb (t) /kənˈvɪkt / (say kuhn vikt) 1. to prove or declare guilty of an offence, especially after a legal trial: to convict the prisoner of a felony. 2. to impress with the sense of guilt. –noun /ˈkɒnvɪkt / (say konvikt) 3. a person proved or… …  

  • convict — 1. verb a) To find guilty b) as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime Syn: sentence, disapprove See Also: conviction 2 …   Wiktionary

  • List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia — Between 1842 and 1849, 234 juvenile offenders were transported to Western Australia on seven convict ships, even though the colony was not then classed as a penal colony. From 1850 to 1868, Western Australia was a fully fledged penal colony, and… …   Wikipedia

  • History of Cape Colony from 1806 to 1870 — The history of Cape Colony from 1806 to 1870 spans the period of the history of Cape Colony during the Cape Frontier Wars, also called the Kaffir Wars, which lasted from 1811 to 1858. The wars were fought between the European colonists and the… …   Wikipedia

  • Ocean (convict transport ship) — Hunter Island with the ships Ocean and Pilgrim in foreground and the Lady Nelson behind the flag on the stern of the Ocean, 1804. Career …   Wikipedia

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