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    The Convict crisis, also known as the "Anti-convict demonstrations" or "Anti-convict agitation" or "Cape Town anti-convict petition" was a period of civil...
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    Neptune (1818) List of convicts on the First Fleet Transport Board (Royal Navy) Unfree labour Convict crisis of 1849 "Convicts and the British colonies...
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    residents, sparking the Convict crisis of 1849. Bermuda, off the North American continent, was also used during the Victorian period. Convicts housed in hulks...
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    the city, almost a third of the city's population at the time. The Convict Crisis of 1849, marked by substantial civil upheaval, bolstered the push for...
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    The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression. Predatory...
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    of stability on the border. Peace and prosperity, in addition to the Convict crisis of 1849, led to a desire for political independence. In 1853, the Cape...
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  • The British propose to ship convicts to the Cape Colony, but the Cape population strongly object during the Convict Crisis of 1849. The proposal was eventually...
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    (2019) and the Amazon series Crisis in Six Scenes (2016). He made his Broadway debut as Earl Williams, the escaped convict, in the revival of The Front...
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    suspected militants and Gazans had increased to 10,000.). Some have been convicted on terrorism-related charges UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese...
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    The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan was contaminated with...
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