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  • From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Recieved this, thought to pass it along
  • Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:45:25 -0700

At 10/21/2004, you wrote:
The English unloaded their prisons not only to Australia and NZ but also to
the U.S. U.S. history books like to ignore this.

One reason that Australia became a penal colony when it did was the closing of North America as a dumping ground. This occurred just at the time when English judges were significantly increasing the numbers "transported." The reason for the increase was an increase in the numbers of public lands enclosed by the wealthy land owners. Former peasants were forced to move to the inadequate and over crowded cities leading to a dramatic increase in the numbers in the London and other slums.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA http://www.braingarage.com






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