Assertion: convict | /r/HasProperty | retained by government
Facets:
value: for public works
type: PURPOSE
value: on arrival
type: TEMPORAL
value: until the late 1830s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Until the late 1830s most convicts were either retained by Government for public works or assigned to private individuals as a form of indentured labour.
text: On arrival, a convict was either retained by the Government for labour on public works or was assigned to an individual.