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Convict Voyages: Overview

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. Popular characterizations of early immigration to America give the impression that most of the people who made the trip across the Atlantic either belonged to religious groups looking for a place where they could freely practice their beliefs, such as […]

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The Business of Convict Transportation: The Sale of Convicts in America

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. Convict transportation was modeled after the indentured servant trade. Many of the merchants who traded in indentured servants also took up the convict trade, and convicts were often transported alongside indentured servants. Both kinds of servants were generally sold at […]

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The Business of Convict Transportation: Jonathan Forward’s Successors

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. Jonathan Forward served as the first Contractor for Transports to the Government from 1718 to 1739. He was succeeded by a tight network of convict transporters who dominated the industry up until the practice of shipping convicts to America ended. […]

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The Business of Convict Transportation: The First Contractor for Transports to the Government

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. Jonathan Forward, after being appointed “Contractor for Transports to the Government,” ran his new business out of his house on Fenchurch Street in Cheapside. He now deployed his fleet of slave and merchant ships–many of which he named after himself–to […]

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The Business of Convict Transportation: Jonathan Forward

Monday, November 24, 2008

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. After passage of the Transportation Act in 1718, the British government faced the problem of administering the transportation of convicts overseas. The House of Lords resisted acting on the proposal of William Thomson, the main author of the Transportation Act, […]

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