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I Am Inisent

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Dear Wife, it is with sorrow that I have to acquaint you that this day I received the hard sentence of seven years transportation beyond the seas.
In 1812 Thomas Holden, a Bolton weaver, was sentenced at Lancaster Assizes for unlawful assembly and swearing illegal oaths.
With the help of his letters,
Monica Gough tells the story of his transportation to Australia. With John Basham as Thomas Holden Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

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