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Incarcerated Transported and Bound: Deference, Resistance, and Assimilation, Constructing Community among Transported Convicts from Britain to the Chesapeake 1739-1776

Authors

Michael Bradley, Eastern Illinois University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Abstract

From June 8, 1744, through July 9, 1745, Ordinary’s Accounts of London’s condemned reported on a series of individuals who met a swift demise at the end of a rope at Tyburn Square, London’s execution site. Out of the countless that were hanged, the lives of ten criminals who formed an interconnected community are illuminated. They were a subset of a larger network of at least thirty criminals who engaged in thefts, robberies, prostitution, fencing of goods, and overindulgence of intoxicating spirits across London.

Comments

This paper is a winner of the 2017 Booth Library Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity

Recommended Citation

Bradley, Michael, "Incarcerated Transported and Bound: Deference, Resistance, and Assimilation, Constructing Community among Transported Convicts from Britain to the Chesapeake 1739-1776" (2017). 2017 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity – Documents. 2.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_awards_2017_docs/2