Eduqas GCSE History · C100
Component 2
Revise: Early Punishments, Public Punishment and TransportationGood behaviour could bring a ticket of leave, allowing a convict greater freedom to live and work within the colony. A conditional pardon granted freedom but did not permit a return to Britain; an absolute pardon allowed the convict to return home. These opportunities linked rewards to behaviour and gave some convicts a route towards a new life.