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    1. [IRL-DUBLIN] Indentured Servants From England
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    3. Here is the best link I have found on Indentured servants from England. YOU can click and search the court proceedings and find a wealth of information...not all very useful but still it is very interesting. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/about/legal-info.html#top In 1718, the British Parliament passed the Transportation Act, under which England began sending its imprisoned convicts to be sold as indentured servants in the American colonies. After 1718, approximately 60,000 convicts, dubbed "the King's passengers," were sent from England to America. Ninety percent of them stayed in Maryland and Virginia. Although some returned to England once their servitude was over, many remained and began their new lives in the colonies. Needless to say they also shipped some of them to Canada, Australia and New Zeeland. The documents do give the destination when the sentence is transported. Hope this is a help to someone...Harold

    02/08/2007 06:38:31