When the townsfolk expelled Jane from the village, she was banished, but when Joe was sent to a remote location to be used as a laborer, he was transported.

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Banishment refers to the act of expelling someone from a place, typically as a form of punishment, without necessarily assigning them to labor. Transportation, historically, often involved sending someone to a remote location to perform forced labor, as was common with convicts sent to penal colonies.

When the Townsfolk Expelled Jane from the Village, She Was