British penal transportation

GPTKB entity

Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical practice
gptkbp:completed 1868
gptkbp:foundedIn 1718
gptkbp:hasCitations convict labor
transportation of women
crimes such as theft
transportation of convicts for minor offenses
transportation_of_Irish_convicts
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus Transportation Act 1718
gptkbp:hasLocation gptkb:Australia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British penal transportation
gptkbp:includes labor on public works
gptkbp:influencedBy overcrowded prisons
gptkbp:involved transporting convicts
gptkbp:involvedCountries convict ships
gptkbp:isChallengedBy legal reforms
abolitionists
prison system
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor inhumane conditions
lack of rehabilitation
exploitation of convicts
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical records
literature
newspapers
government reports
memoirs of convicts
gptkbp:isEnhancedBy gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:isExaminedBy historians
academic studies
sociologists
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy moral objections
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy economic factors
public opinion
colonial expansion
transportation policies of other countries
gptkbp:isLinkedTo social reform movements
transportation of children
transportation of political prisoners
transportation_of_convicts_to_North_America
gptkbp:isLocatedIn gptkb:British_government
gptkbp:isNotableFor harsh treatment of convicts
establishing new settlements
long voyages
gptkbp:ledTo establishment of penal colonies
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:colonization_of_Australia
gptkbp:transportLinks gptkb:Van_Diemen's_Land
gptkbp:usedFor punishment
gptkbp:wasAffecting gptkb:the_Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt reducing_crime_in_Britain
gptkbp:wasPartOf human rights concerns
transportation system
British_colonial_policy
British_legal_system
British_Empire's_penal_policy
British_penal_reform_efforts
British_transportation_system