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This book examines the 18th century forced transportation of around 50,000 convicts to America who were sentenced for periods of seven, fourteen years, or life. This convict transportation began in 1718 following the passing of a Transportation Act by the British Parliament in 1717.
Penal transportation was also used as a method of colonization. For example, from the earliest days of English colonial schemes, new settlements beyond the seas were seen as a way to alleviate domestic social problems of criminals and the poor as well as to increase the colonial labour force, [1] for the overall benefit of the realm. [3]
Along with bushrangers and other stock characters of colonial life, convicts were a popular subject during Australia's silent film era. The first convict film was a 1908 adaptation of Marcus Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life, shot on location at Port Arthur with an unheard-of budget of £7000. [35]
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Over the 80 years of transportation, between 1788 and 1868, 608 convict ships transported more than 162,000 convicts to Australia. [ 4 ] Following serious outbreaks of disease with high mortality rates on board some early convict ship voyages, from 1801 voyages were subject to more strict regulation by the British government in terms of ...
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Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company is an American insurance company based in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] Colonial Life offers disability, accident, life, cancer, critical illness and hospital confinement insurance plans in 49 states. [2] Colonial Life was founded in 1939 by Edwin Averyt and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Unum in ...