http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/convict-transportation/in-the-new-world/adjusting-to-america An exploration of the social and cultural history of crime and punishment in colonial America and the early United States. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/convict-transportation/in-the-new-world/adjusting-to-america/comment-page-1#comment-959 Anthony Vaver Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:10 +0000 http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/?p=1101#comment-959 Judging from some of the interactions I have had with my readers, some are eager to find out more information about their connection to a transported convict, but others are still uncomfortable with the idea. I think if the latter group understood the circumstances that led to the transportation of most of the convicts to America, they might not consider it to be so shameful. Judging from some of the interactions I have had with my readers, some are eager to find out more information about their connection to a transported convict, but others are still uncomfortable with the idea. I think if the latter group understood the circumstances that led to the transportation of most of the convicts to America, they might not consider it to be so shameful.

]]> http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/convict-transportation/in-the-new-world/adjusting-to-america/comment-page-1#comment-958 Peter Say Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:03:12 +0000 http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/?p=1101#comment-958 In Australia it is no longer considered shameful to have descended from a convict. Indeed we have begun to take some pride in it. Both my great-grandparents on my father's side were convicts transported to Hobart around 1845, one from England, and the other from Ireland. I wonder what the attitude to such convict ancestry is in the united States today. In Australia it is no longer considered shameful to have descended from a convict. Indeed we have begun to take some pride in it. Both my great-grandparents on my father’s side were convicts transported to Hobart around 1845, one from England, and the other from Ireland. I wonder what the attitude to such convict ancestry is in the united States today.

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