Dark Convicts
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It is a little known fact that eleven African American convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. Two of these ex-slaves were the author's ancestors. In extensively researched poems, award-winning writer Judy Johnson vividly portrays scenes from her black forebearers' lives, both before transportation and afterwards, in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. Dark Convicts uncovers a little known aspect of Australian colonial history,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1742589189
ISBN13:9781742589183
Release Date:April 2017
Publisher:University of Western Australia Press
Length:138 Pages
Weight:0.41 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"
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