Trinidad convict Island

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Fecha

2011-03-14

Registro en:

http://hdl.handle.net/2139/9720

http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3023807

Institución

University of the West Indies (Jamaica)

Resumen

The postcard shows Carrera Island, refered to as Convict Depot because during the 1800s prisoners were carried to the island to quarry limestone for road building. In 1877, a prison was constructed,today the island remains a prison island.

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