Starting in the 17th century, Britain sent hundreds of thousands of people to America and Australia for crimes as small as stealing a loaf of bread.
Learn about why this happened, how it worked, and the legacy it has left on the countries where these prisoners were sent to.
- Sending criminals away as a punishment - as old as time
- The Bloody Code & being killed for stealing a rabbit
- Impact of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions on society
- Prison boats
- Sending criminals to America
- What life was like in America as a prisoner
- The American Revolution & finding a new place for prisoners
- The discovery of Australia
- The convicts' journey to Australia
- 1 in 5 Australians is a descendant of a convict
- Penal colonies in other countries
- The cultural impact of sending prisoners to the colonies
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