Title: 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
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783, 19th century, 18th century