Download or read book Bound for America written by A. Roger Ekirch and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1990-08-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1718 to 1775 British courts transported 50,000 convicts to America. This account of their transportation in the years preceding the settling of Australia combines analysis with narrative to provide insights into the origins of crime and the treatment of offenders on both sides of the Atlantic.