A merciless place

Description:

In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales.

subjects: Penal colonies,  Prisoners,  Influence,  Penal transportation,  Convict ships,  History,  Prisoners, great britain,  Australia, history,  Great britain, history, 18th century,  Great britain, history, 19th century,  United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, influence,  Transportations,  Transportation of convicts,  Transportation

Places: United States,  Great Britain

Times: Revolution, 1775-1783,  19th century,  18th century