tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post7033034642481131651..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Comments on Becoming an Excellent Genealogist -- Chapter SixJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-88874179978470924092014-03-31T19:05:44.439-07:002014-03-31T19:05:44.439-07:00I looked up the source for the statement in the Wi...I looked up the source for the statement in the Wikipedia article that said most of the convicts were sent to New England. This turned out to be A. Roger Ekirch's book "Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies 1718-1775". I was able to preview his original WMQ article on JSTOR in which he said that most convicts were actually sent to Maryland and Virginia. This makes more sense as most of the convicts would have been sent to areas where the need for unfree labor was the greatest. <br />Some of the convicts would, of course, wound up in New England, but the need for labor on the farms there would have been much more limited than in the Chesapeake Bay area.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629740511002913794noreply@blogger.com