Yankee Political Prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony 1839-1850This book tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen’s Land in 1839-40. As members of the Patriot Army that had conducted border raids into the colony of Upper Canada in 1838, they saw themselves as courageous republican activists, impelled by a moral duty to liberate their northern neighbours from British oppression. Instead of herioic liberators, they became political prisoners of Her Majesty’s government.
American Citizens, British Slaves
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Additional Information
| Author | Pybus, Cassandra and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart |
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| Number of pages | 270 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Book Condition | FINE |
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| Binding Type | Softcover |
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