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.