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May 2023
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John Tawell is caught as a forger, but the Quakers convince the Crown to send him to a penal colony in Australia. He seems like a dedicated family man—he sent for them in England. And Tawell became a huge success in Australia, but he was still duplicitous. And soon, he would make a terrible decision. 


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