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Hugin

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50. To underscore your bit on...

Sun Nov 29, 2020, 12:17 PM

Nov 2020

"... the great majority of early colonists were classified as surplus population and expendable ‘rubbish.’ "

Early in the colonization process those sentenced to death (which could result from a crime as trivial as stealing food) were given the choice between hanging or transportation. (AKA being sent to the colonies) Most chose hanging leaving the colonies severely underpopulated. So, the choice was removed and hanging reserved for only certain egregious crimes such-as murdering someone above your class. The rest got transportation.

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