No. There were no slaves on the First Fleet.
One of the convicts, John 'Black' Caesar, was an escaped slave from Madagascar, who had been convicted of stealing in London.
Twelve of the convicts were former slaves of African descent.
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
The First Fleet.
No. There was no mutiny on the first fleet.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
According to the website First Fleet Fellowship, there were 44 sheep on board the First Fleet.
The first fleet was never alive. It was a fleet of ships. The last known person who was aboard the First Fleet died during the 1860s.
There were beds for anyone so people slept where there was space. Slaves and convicts were put in the hold, chained together, and left there.
The First Fleet was not something that was built. The First Fleet was the fleet in which the first permanent settlers travelled to Australia, and it was made up of convicts, marines and officers from England.
The first fleet of ships that landed in Australia was simply called the First Fleet.
The first stop for the First Fleet was Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
The flagship of the first fleet was HMS Sirius.