Bibliograph

Harlots, hussies & poor unfortunate women, crime, transportation & the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783, Edith M. Ziegler

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Harlots, hussies & poor unfortunate women, crime, transportation & the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783, Edith M. Ziegler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-220) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Harlots, hussies & poor unfortunate women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

858749514

Responsibility statement

Edith M. Ziegler

Series statement

Atlantic crossings

Sub title

crime, transportation & the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783

Table Of Contents

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social change, crime, and the law -- Punishment, pleas, and the prospect of exile -- Bound for Maryland -- Arrival in the New World -- Servants and masters -- Escape -- Going home and staying on -- Mary Nobody in the republic of virtue -- Appendix 1: Statistical information on convict women -- Appendix 2: List of convict women's occupations -- Appendix 3: Privy council resolution, 1615 -- Appendix 4: Transportation act of 1718 -- Appendix 5: Crimes punished by transportation at the old bailey 1718-1776 -- Appendix 6: Colonial legislation regarding convicts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Harlots, hussies, and poor unfortunate women

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