Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788-1875

ISBN-13: 9781107043084 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 372 str.

Hilary M. Carey

Opis

Challenges preconceptions of convict transportation from Britain and Ireland, penal colonies and religion.

Recenzje

'… Carey's book makes for indispensable reading. It is an outstanding examination of the subject of convict transportation and comes highly recommended.' C. Brad Faught, Anglican and Episcopal History

Spis treści

List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: 'Empire of Hell'; 2. Saints, Whigs and penal colonies, 1788–1822; 3. 'Hell upon earth': Sir George Arthur in Van Diemen's land, 1823–1837; 4. Quakers and convict concerns; 5. Christian utilitarianism and Archbishop Richard Whately; 6. Catholics, Protestants and the 'horrors of transportation'; 7. 'Ocean hell': Captain Maconochie and Norfolk Island, 1837–1844; 8. Probation in Van Diemen's land, 1840–1849; 9. 'Political parsons' and the anti-transportation movement, 1847–1854; 10. 'Floating hells': Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Hulks, 1850–1875; 11. 'Reformatory colony': Western Australia, 1850–1868; 12. Conclusion: 'this great scheme of human redemption'; Bibliography; Index.