Overview
It is a little known fact that eleven African American convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. Two of these ex-slaves were the author's ancestors. In extensively researched poems, award-winning writer Judy Johnson vividly portrays scenes from her black forebearers' lives, both before transportation and afterwards, in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. Dark Convicts uncovers a little known aspect of Australian colonial history, told from the unique vantage point of a descendant. (Series: UWAP Poetry) [Subject: Poetry]
- | Author: Judy Johnson
- | Publisher: UWAP Poetry
- | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 138 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1742589189
- | ISBN-13: 9781742589183
