Character research

The character Black Caesar is based on John Caesar (1764 – 15 February 1796), known as Black Caesar, was the first Australian Bushranger a bushranger is a thief who lived in the Australian bush. He was also the first black person with an African background to come to Australia. He was also the first bushranger to have a reward on his head I guess you could say he was a celebrity in his trade.Caesar was born in the island of Madagascar in 1763 he was a slave on a sugar plantation farm in the west Indies he then ran away to London. On the 17th March 1786 he was in court in deport Kent for stealing 240 shillings He was sent to Australia  as a convict for 7 years .