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Constance Couronne: From Enslaved Child in Mauritius to Emancipated Convict Grandmother in New South Wales

Convicts, Creolization & Cosmopolitanism in the British & French Empires

2022

British historian Clare Anderson has written more information on the situation of 9-year old enslaved girl Constance Couronne who was transported from one British colony to another in 1834.

The blog includes a transcript of 9-year-old Constance’s convict record for when she’d been sent to NSW in 1834.

Constance Couronne was transported from Mauritius to Australia with her cousin 12-year-old Elizabeth Verloppe. They were first sent to the Female Factory in Parammatta before being assigned as servants to Henry Wilson, Sydney’s First Police Magistrate

Trauma warning: This archive contains material relating to care experience including references to abuse, neglect, sexual violence, and institutional harm.

 

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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