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Ticket of leave men in London, 1851

A ticket of leave was a document of parole issued to convicts who had shown they could now be trusted with some freedoms. Originally the ticket was issued in Britain and later adapted by the United States, Canada, and Ireland.

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Ticket of leave

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A ticket of leave was a document of parole issued to convicts who had shown they could now be trusted with some freedoms. Originally the ticket was issued...

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Burgess was given a ticket of leave in December 1859 and a conditional pardon in March 1862. Tester received his ticket of leave in July 1859 and a conditional...

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colony of New South Wales was finally officially abolished on 1 October 1850. If a convict was well behaved, the convict could be given a ticket of leave, granting...

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Tom Taylor

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are Plot and Passion (1853), Still Waters Run Deep (1855) and The Ticket-of-Leave Man (based on Le Retour de Melun by Édouard Brisebarre and Eugène Nus)...

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adoption of the ticket of leave system of release on licence. The reported rise in street robbery is considered to have largely been an invention of the press;...

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Melodrama

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bizarre exploits of Spring Heeled Jack. The misfortunes of a discharged prisoner are the theme of the sensational The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863) by Tom...

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would start all over again through the ranks of the three-grade process. He reformed its ticket of leave system, instituting what many consider to be...

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27 February 2014. "The Ticket-of-Leave Man" in Dictionary Central http://www.dictionarycentral.com/definition/the-ticket-of-leave-man.html Archived 2013-12-12...

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Captain Thunderbolt

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Ann fell pregnant with Fred's child a short time later. In breach of ticket-of-leave regulations, Ward left the Mudgee district to take Mary Ann back to...

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John Tawell

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the result of telecommunications technology. Transported to Australia in 1814 for the crime of forgery, Tawell obtained a ticket of leave and started...

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Thomas Francis Meagher

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abruptly surrendered his "ticket-of-leave" and planned his escape to the United States. Meagher sent his "ticket-of-leave" and a letter to the authorities...

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Moondyne Joe

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issued with a ticket of leave on arrival, and on 10 March 1855 he received a conditional pardon. He then settled in the Avon Valley, one of the most rugged...

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Emancipist

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work or the expiration of his or her sentence. One limitation placed upon emancipists with a conditional pardon – a ticket-of-leave – was that they were...

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Convict crisis

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was triggered by the arrival off the coast of Cape Town of a ship, The Neptune, carrying 288 ticket-of-leave convicts from Ireland. The event was important...

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Certificate of freedom

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certificate of freedom. There were three classifications given to convicts who were to be given greater freedoms. The first level was the ticket of leave, which...

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season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 2, 1958 and concluded on June 25, 1959. It consisted of 39 episodes...

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Boorowa

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occupation of the district began in 1821 with Irishmen Rodger Corcoran and Ned Ryan, both former convicts who had received their 'ticket of leave' from the...

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Convict assignment

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'probation passages' which meant they could work for wages. Convict lease Ticket of leave § Australia Angela Woollacott (2015). Settler Society in the Australian...

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