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Definition of Emancipist

Emancipist
Emancipist E*man"ci*pist, n. A freed convict. [Australia]

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- An emancipist was a convict sentenced and transported under the convict system to Australia, who had been given a conditional or absolute pardon. The term...
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- describe her condition, she declared that she "came free in 1821". In the emancipist Society of New South Wales, she gained respect for her charitable works...
- orderliness, Macquarie favoured the liberal treatment of ex-convicts, known as emancipists, appointing them to prominent government positions and providing generous...
- treatment of the emancipists, whom he considered should be treated as social equals to free-settlers in the colony. He appointed emancipists to key government...
- In retirement, he co-wrote a play about William Redfern, called The Emancipist. He died in 1937 from cancer. Antill was born on 26 January 1866 at the...
- in Australia, Addington, on Victoria Road. Addington was built by the emancipist James Stewart, c. 1800. James Shepherd bought the property in 1810 and...
- 's estates, 'Goolagong' became a pastoral lease held by Irish convict emancipist Edmond Sheahan when the new district of Lachlan was established. Goolagong...
- O'Connell. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. p.87 MacDonagh, Oliver (1989). The Emancipist: Daniel O'Connell, 1830-1847. New York: St Martin's Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780297796374...
- rather the "hated stain" it was believed to inflict on the free (non-emancipist) middle classes. Transportation to New South Wales temporarily ended 1840...