Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775 (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Softcover

Ekirch, A. Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198202113 ISBN 13: 9780198202110

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1990

Synopsis

During the eighteenth century, transportation to the colonies became Britain's foremost criminal punishment. From 1718 to 1775, British courts banished fifty thousand convicts. They formed the largest body of emigrants after African slaves ever compelled to go to America. The first comprehensive account of the transportation in the years preceding the settling of Australia, Bound for America combines analysis with a vivid narrative to provide new insights into the origins of crime and the treatment of offenders on both sides of the Atlantic.

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During the 18th century, transportation to the colonies became Britain's foremost criminal punishment. From 1718 to 1775, courts banished 50,000 convicts, the largest body of immigrants after African slaves ever compelled to go to America. This account of their transportation, in the years preceding the settling of Australia, combines analysis with narrative to provide insights into the origins of crime and the treatment of offenders on both sides of the Atlantic.

Review

`Roger Ekirch's substantial study is the more welcome, for it explains and connects many areas of eighteenth-century history on both sides of the Atlantic ... impressively thorough, widely researched and clearly presented ... the book will be a rich source of new ideas and new associations for all who take an interest in the eighteenth century.' Times Literary Supplement

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0198202113
• ISBN 13: 9780198202110
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304