In 1856 was the book The Convict Ship: a narrative of the results of scriptural instruction and moral discipline published at London. The author Colin Arrott Browning (1) published in this book his experiences during the voyage with the Earl Grey in 1843. Furthermore he supplied more details about other convict ships. The book is digital available via Googlebooks.
P. 263: Was employed between October 5th 1847, and May 20th 1848, in conveying two hundred convicts from England to Tasmania, and six hundred and ninety-eight convicts from Norfolk Island to Tasman's Peninsula. Of the two hundred who embarked in England, one hundred and thirty-two seemed, during the voyage, to have turned to the Lord by the belief and obedience of the gospel. And during our two brief trips
p. 264: from Norfolk Island, the six hundred and ninety-eight were managed by the power of Christian instruction and kind treatment; their iron fetters having all been struck off, by my orders, during the passage. Three times every day we met for the reading and exposition of Scripture, exhortation, and prayer. No punishments were inflicted on board this transport.”
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1. The website http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/browning-colin-arrott-1838 supplies more details about the author who was a naval surgeon born in 1791 and passed on 23 October 1856 at Woolwich, England who served between 1831 and 1849 as surgeon-superintendent on board of convict ships bound for Australia. Medical care of the prisoners and their education were for him of the utmost importance.
P. 263: Was employed between October 5th 1847, and May 20th 1848, in conveying two hundred convicts from England to Tasmania, and six hundred and ninety-eight convicts from Norfolk Island to Tasman's Peninsula. Of the two hundred who embarked in England, one hundred and thirty-two seemed, during the voyage, to have turned to the Lord by the belief and obedience of the gospel. And during our two brief trips
p. 264: from Norfolk Island, the six hundred and ninety-eight were managed by the power of Christian instruction and kind treatment; their iron fetters having all been struck off, by my orders, during the passage. Three times every day we met for the reading and exposition of Scripture, exhortation, and prayer. No punishments were inflicted on board this transport.”
Note
1. The website http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/browning-colin-arrott-1838 supplies more details about the author who was a naval surgeon born in 1791 and passed on 23 October 1856 at Woolwich, England who served between 1831 and 1849 as surgeon-superintendent on board of convict ships bound for Australia. Medical care of the prisoners and their education were for him of the utmost importance.
