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Prison ships - Coggle Diagram
Prison ships
prisoners
Francis Creed
stealing copper - 7 years
HMS Bellerophon
Labor force
wake up: five in the morning
breakfast
bread & pint of cocoa
ship
200-300 inmates
1/3 died
diseases
safety
falling stones and wood
broken arms, legs and amputations
prevented from working in dark
later years--> no cells
freedom
Sources
The National Archives. (2018, July 11). 19th century prison ships. Retrieved October 27, 2021, from
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/19th-century-prison-ships/#introduction
BBC News. (2010, September 15). Prison ship records from 19th Century published. Retrieved October 27, 2021, from
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11307850
Crockett, C. (2017, October 10). A Day in the Life: Convicts on board Prison Hulks. Copyright (c) October 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2021, from
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/10/a-day-in-the-life-convicts-on-board-prison-hulks/
Hulks
moored up along Thames and Medway
lunch: prisoners return to hulks
Research question
What is a prison ship?
19th century