Running away and returning home: the fate of English convicts in the American colonies
The myth of return – that many English criminals transported to the American colonies ran away and returned home – dominated eighteenth-century views of the punishment. In both criminal biographies and political discussion this was widely believed. Yet data from both sides of the Atlantic suggest th...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:chs_545 en https://journals.openedition.org/chs/545 2009-02-25T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dz5w All rights reserved Running away and returning home: the fate of English convicts in the American colonies Crime, Histoire & Sociétés Librairie Droz info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1663-4837 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1422-0857 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs Rushton, Peter Morgan, Gwenda The myth of return – that many English criminals transported to the American colonies ran away and returned home – dominated eighteenth-century views of the punishment. In both criminal biographies and political discussion this was widely believed. Yet data from both sides of the Atlantic suggest that few in fact returned successfully. The systems of surveillance in the colonies, designed to detect and recapture escaping slaves, servants and convicts, were effective. Also, the difficulties they faced in trying to return were for many convicts, particularly women, insuperable. This article analyses the fates of convicts from the north and west of England, their patterns of running away, and the characters of those few who managed to return. Le mythe du retour – selon lequel de nombreux criminels anglais déportés vers les colonies américaines s’échappaient et retournaient chez eux – dominait dans les représentations de la peine au XVIIIe siècle. Cette croyance était largement partagée dans les biographies des criminels et des débats politiques. Pourtant, les données issues des deux rives de l’Atlantique suggèrent que ces retours étaient peu fréquents. Les systèmes de surveillance des colonies, conçus pour détecter et reprendre les esclaves, les serviteurs et les bagnards, étaient efficaces. En outre, les difficultés qu’affrontaient les fuyards pour revenir étaient insurmontables pour beaucoup d’entre eux, en particulier les femmes. Cet article analyse les destinées des bagnards du nord et de l’ouest de l’Angleterre, la manière dont ils s’enfuyaient et les caractéristiques de ceux, peu nombreux, qui parvenaient à revenir. |
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The myth of return – that many English criminals transported to the American colonies ran away and returned home – dominated eighteenth-century views of the punishment. In both criminal biographies and political discussion this was widely believed. Yet data from both sides of the Atlantic suggest that few in fact returned successfully. The systems of surveillance in the colonies, designed to detect and recapture escaping slaves, servants and convicts, were effective. Also, the difficulties they faced in trying to return were for many convicts, particularly women, insuperable. This article analyses the fates of convicts from the north and west of England, their patterns of running away, and the characters of those few who managed to return. |
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Running away and returning home: the fate of English convicts in the American colonies |
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