Bound for America: Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-75 (Clarendon Paperbacks) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Bound for America: Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-75 (Clarendon Paperbacks) Book

From 1718 to 1775, British courts banished 50,000 convicts to America--the largest body of immigrants, aside from African slaves, ever sent across the Atlantic--in hopes of restoring social peace at home without posing the threat to traditional freedoms raised by the death penalty or a harsh corrective system. Drawing upon archives in Britain and the United States, Bound for America examines the critical role this punishment played in Britain's criminal justice system. It also assesses the nature of the convict trade, the social origins of the transported felons, and the impact such a large criminal influx had on colonial society.Read More

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  • 0198202113
  • 9780198202110
  • A.Roger Ekirch
  • 1 July 1990
  • Clarendon Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 300
  • New edition
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