The poor unhappy transported felon's sorrowful account of his fourteen years transportation, at Virginia, in America
Subtitle: in six parts : being a remarkable and succinct history of the life of James Revel, the unhappy sufferer who was put apprentice by his father to a tinman, near Moorfields, where he got into bad company and before long ran away, and went robbing with a gang of thieves, but his master soon got him back again; yet would not be be [sic] kept from his old companions, but went thieving with them again, for which he was transported fourteen years : with an account of the way the transports work, and the punishment they receive for committing any fault : concluding with a word of advice to all young men
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Exile; Contract labor; Early works to 1800; Indentured servants; History
Other titles: Library of Southern literature.
Description: Written in verse, the story describes the privileged life held by a young man, educated and loved by his parents, apprenticed to a trade. However, he was tempted to steal and run away, and was eventually caught, sentenced, and transported to Virginia as an indentured servant. He served out his term with two masters before he could return to his parents in England. The final verses are a caution to other young men to beware where their choices might lead.
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Transcribed from: The poor unhappy transported felon's sorrowful account of his fourteen years transportation, at Virginia, in America : in six parts : being a remarkable and succinct history of the life of James Revel, the unhappy sufferer who was put apprentice by his father to a tinman, near Moorfields, where he got into bad company and before long ran away, and went robbing with a gang of thieves, but his master soon got him back again; yet would not be be [sic] kept from his old companions, but went thieving with them again, for which he was transported fourteen years : with an account of the way the transports work, and the punishment they receive for committing any fault : concluding with a word of advice to all young men. York : Printed and sold by C. Croshaw Coppergate, [ca. 1800] 8 p.

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