The treatment of convicts were very poor. Convicts were always asked to do as told,convicts sometimes got dirty jobs like cleaning their masters chamber. Thus I think that convicts were treated horribly.
In the US, in my opinion, horribly. Ex-cons are not allowed to vote for a period of 10 years and their criminal record is a matter of public record forever, unless an expungement is allowed. Many...
Port Arthur was one of Australia's most brutal convict colonies. Convicts were subject to floggings, ofte with a cat o' nine tails, for minor infractions. A cat o' nine tails was a whip with nine...
The convicts were treated better on the First Fleet's ships than on the second and third fleets. Captain Arthur Phillip was fair and just, and he had a genuine desire to reform the convicts. Although...
The convicts were treated better on the First Fleet's ships than on the second and third fleets. Captain Arthur Phillip was fair and just, and he had a genuine desire to reform the convicts. Although...