Convicts transported to America, 1716-1775, totals by year and sex. Convicts transported from London, Middlesex, and the Home Counties by voyage, totaled and scaled up to England and Wales and separated by sex.
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After 1775, British convicts were transported to Australia.
Dataset sheets:
- year totals: estimated convicts transported to American from England and Wales, annually by sex, 1716-1775
- scaling LMHC to EW: parameters for scaling transports from London, Middlex, and Home Counties (LMHC) to transports from England and Wales (EW), 1716-75
- sentenced from Old Bailey: convicts sentenced to transportation at the Old Bailey, annually by sex from 1674; used to estimate sentenced EW sex ratio yearly
- scaling sentenced sr to actual: many persons sentenced to be transported weren’t actually transported; estimated actual/sentenced sex ratio
- by all places, 1769-76: convicts ordered for transportation in England and Wales, from Nov. 1, 1769 to Nov. 1, 1776
- by some places, 1760-72: convicts in some circuits of England and Wales sentenced or actually transported, 1750-72
- by ship from LMHC: Convicts transported to American from London, Middlesex, and the Home Counties (counties about London), by ship, 1716-1775
- other data: American-side data on convicts transported to America from England and Wales
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