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GCSE English Literature · key term
A punishment in which a convicted person was sent overseas to a penal colony, often to perform compulsory labour.
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Paper 1
A punishment in which convicted people were sent overseas to a penal colony, often to perform forced labour. Magwitch was transported for life to Australia.
A punishment in which a convicted person was sent overseas to a penal colony, often to perform forced labour.
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Paper 2
Revise: ContextPenal transportation meant sending convicted people overseas as punishment. Australia became a major destination after transportation to the American colonies ended. Convicts commonly faced compulsory labour; some later gained freedom and built new lives.
A punishment in which a convicted person was sent overseas, often to an Australian penal colony, rather than remaining in Britain.
The punishment of sending a convicted person overseas to a penal colony, often to perform compulsory labour.
