Eighteenth-Century Criminal Transportation

by P. Rushton and G. Morgan

Book Overview

This is the first major study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies, exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. The central myths about transportation prevalent in the eighteenth century, particularly that most felons returned, are examined in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134941977X
• ISBN13: 9781349419777
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"