"Penal colonies." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Penology." . . "Justice pénale Administration Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle." . . "1700 - 1799" . . . "Eighteenth-century criminal transportation"@en . "Eighteenth-century criminal transportation" . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "History"@en . "History" . . "Eighteenth-century criminal transportation the formation of the criminal Atlantic"@en . "Eighteenth-century criminal transportation the formation of the criminal Atlantic" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Eighteenth-century criminal transportation : the formation of the criminal Atlantic" . "Eighteenth-century criminal transportation : the formation of the criminal Atlantic"@en . . . . . . . "Eighteenth-Century Criminal Transportation"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"This study examines the way that thousands of convicts were sent from the regions when circuit judges and county authorities adopted the penalty after 1718. As transportation became more common, so did the necessity of organizing regular shipments to America. Every region developed a transatlantic traffic in convicts, thus creating a criminal Atlantic alongside that of slaves and servants.\"--Jacket." . . . . . . . . . . "This is the first major study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies, exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. The central myths about transportation prevalent in the eighteenth century, particularly that most felons returned, are examined in the context of the burgeoning print culture of criminal biographies and newspaper stories. In addition, the exchange of representations between the tw."@en . "The transportation of English convicts to the American colonies in the eighteenth century was a judicial, cultural and social phenomenon. This study examines the way that thousands of convicts were sent from the regions when circuit judges and county authorities adopted the penalty after 1718. As transportation became more common, so did the necessity of organizing regular shipments to America. Every region developed a transatlantic traffic in convicts, thus creating a criminal Atlantic alongside that of slaves and servants. The print culture of the eighteenth century, particularly the exchange of news stories about crime, produced a common knowledge of convicts on both sides of the Atlantic. As some convicts escaped from the colonies and returned, so the myths and narratives of the failure of transportation grew. At the end of the colonial period, Americans railed against the British, their criminals, and the criminal behaviour of their politicians, while the British showed their contempt for the American 'race of convicts'."@en . . . . . . "Transportation Amérique 18e siècle." . . "Strafkoloniën." . . "Grande-Bretagne" . . "Penal colonies Colonies Great Britain." . . "Noord-Amerika." . . "États-Unis" . . "criminel déportation Amérique du nord Grande-Bretagne 18e s." . . "Social & cultural history" . . "Deportatie." . . "Penal colonies Great Britain Colonies." . . "British & Irish history" . . "Penal colonies Virginia." . . "Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900" . . "colonie pénitentiaire Amérique du Nord Grande-Bretagne 18e s." . . "Penal colonies Maryland." . . "Colonies pénitentiaires Amérique 19e siècle." . . "Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland." . . "Colonies pénitentiaires Grande-Bretagne Colonies Amérique 18e siècle." . . "History of the Americas" . .