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From avoiding the gallows, to leading a mutiny

What happened to convicts who were transported to penal colonies instead of being executed?

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

Masquerades in London’s pleasure gardens

Put on your finest costume and join revellers on London’s fashionable 18th-century dancefloors

Immigration & Identity
Immigration & Identity

Ignatius Sancho: Writer & early Black voter

After gaining his freedom, this 18th-century writer became one of the first Black voters in Britain

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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

Clarke's Character in Gil Blas (character sheet)

Clarke, W.

1821; 1827

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Working History
Working History

Pocket pistol

Wheeler, Robert

C. 1800