Excerpt from Brides From Bridewell: Female Felons Sent to Colonial America Ican era consigned many thousands of malefactors to overseas transportation under harrowing conditions. Many men and women Whose Offenses were minor were so deported. Others were confirmed criminals. The circumstances have never been adequately narrated. The facts constitute one of the neglected (or hidden) retrospects to the American past. Descent from Mayflower lineage is stressed by genealogists; but the fact is forgotten that many ...
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Excerpt from Brides From Bridewell: Female Felons Sent to Colonial America Ican era consigned many thousands of malefactors to overseas transportation under harrowing conditions. Many men and women Whose Offenses were minor were so deported. Others were confirmed criminals. The circumstances have never been adequately narrated. The facts constitute one of the neglected (or hidden) retrospects to the American past. Descent from Mayflower lineage is stressed by genealogists; but the fact is forgotten that many unknowing present-day Americans of co lonial antecedents derive their New World beginnings from the consignments sent in duress. Many of the transported felons after their servitude had expired, became reputable dwellers in'the new environment; and if not they, then their offspring. No stigma attaches to their descendants. But the tale needs telling.' Doctor Samuel Johnson indulged in an unwet ranted slur when he said in 1769 to James Boswell concerning the 18th century Americans: They are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hang ing. The colonial. Brides, including these female felons, who mothered America, were in their day and in their way not only humble, but heroic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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