| Description |
x, 222 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Prologue -- 1. Liberty or death -- 2. Fleeing the founding fathers -- 3. Starving in the streets of London -- 4. Back to Africa -- 5. Bound for the fatal shore -- 6. Recalcitrant convicts at Sydney Cove -- 7. The dread of perishing by famine -- 8. An incoorigbly stubborn black -- 9. Sportsman to General Grose -- 10. Tugging at the oars; playing in the band -- 11. The old Commodore -- Afterword -- Appendix: biographies of the black founders |
| Summary |
Pybus reveals that black convicts were among our first fleet settlers, a fact which profoundly complicates our understanding of race relations in early colonial Australia. Most of these black founders were slaves from America who had sought freedom in Britain during the War of Independence, and included Billy Blue |
| Analysis |
New South Wales |
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Prisoners |
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Blacks |
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History, Pre-1801 |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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Modern history (c 1788-1914) (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: pages 201-210 |
| Subject |
Racism -- Australia -- History.
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Africans -- Australia -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
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| LC no. |
00002861 |
| ISBN |
0868408492 : |
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9780868408491 |
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