Penal transportation
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Cx Number:  CX10540

The deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. Examples include transportation by France to Devil's Island and by the UK to its colonies in the Americas, from the 1610s through the American Revolution in the 1770s, and then to Australia between 1788 and 1868.

Subject Headings

• Colonies/British
• Colonies/French
• Crime & Punishment
• Criminals
• Events 1600-1699
• Events 1700-1799
• Events 1800-1899
• Exile
• Penal System
• Prisoners
• Repression