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RE: Australia Day Writing Challenge – A Dark History With A Bright Future
Great little tour of Australian history mate! Interesting take on convicts as slaves. I’d never thought of it like that but can’t disagree with you. One of my ancestors was transported for stealing a loaf of bread! Sent to the other side of the world, never to see his family again, for stealing a loaf of bread!
They were harsh times! Thankfully we’ve come a long way from there.
Indeed. Very harsh. These days you'd be unlucky to get a slap on the wrist for stealing a loaf of bread and those poor bastards back then were starving and needed to steal to survive. That's why I consider them slaves. The punishment was extremely harsh. It goes to show how far we've come now. Imagine where we'll be in another 200 years....