Bound with an Iron Chain
Subtitle: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America
Publisher: Pickpocket Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Westborough, MA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780983674405
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: xiii; label: * A Note about Conventions
title: xv; label: Acknowledgements
title: xvii; label: Introduction: The Beginning of an Epic Journey
title: 1; label: * The Untold Story
title: 3; label: * An American Institution
title: 6; label: Chapter One: England’s Criminal Underworld
title: 10; label: * London in the 18th Century
title: 16; label: * Mary Young, a.k.a. “Jenny Diver”
title: 24; label: * Jonathan Wild Arrives in London
title: 28; label: * Wild’s Growing Business
title: 32; label: * The Private Face of Jonathan Wild
title: 37; label: Chapter Two: The Need for a New Punishment
title: 40; label: * Similar Crimes, Different Sentences
title: 41; label: * Rewards and Punishments
title: 44; label: * The Origins of Convict Transportation
title: 48; label: * William Thomson and Jonathan Wild
title: 57; label: * The Fate of Wood and Higgins
title: 59; label: Chapter Three: The Business of Convict Transportation
title: 61; label: * The First “Contractor for Transports to the Government”
title: 63; label: * Business Models
title: 66; label: * The Preferred Destination for Convicts
title: 70; label: * Jonathan Forward’s Business
title: 77; label: * Bristol and Other Firms
title: 80; label: * Jonathan Forward’s Successors
title: 84; label: Chapter Four: From Prison to Convict Ship
title: 88; label: * Starting the Journey in Newgate Prison
title: 90; label: * Convict Attitudes toward Transportation
title: 97; label: * The Procession to the Convict Ship
title: 101; label: * Passengers on the Jonathan
title: 110; label: * Final Goodbyes
title: 114; label: Chapter Five: Convict Voyages
title: 117; label: * The Convict Ship
title: 118; label: * Diet and Health
title: 123; label: * Traveling to America in Chains
title: 126; label: * Harsh Captains
title: 129; label: * Rebellion at Sea
title: 135; label: * James Dalton and the Escape to Vigo
title: 138; label: Chapter Six: Landing in America
title: 146; label: * Roots
title: 147; label: * The New World
title: 149; label: * The Buyers of Convicts
title: 153; label: * The Sale of Convicts
title: 159; label: Chapter Seven: On the Plantation
title: 169; label: * A Rude Awakening
title: 170; label: * Adjustment
title: 176; label: * Abuse
title: 179; label: * The Ironworks
title: 183; label: Chapter Eight: Committing Crime and Running Away
title: 189; label: * Convicts in the Media
title: 190; label: * Runaways
title: 195; label: * The Reaction of American Colonists
title: 202; label: * Moll Flanders and Moll King
title: 207; label: * Returning to England
title: 212; label: Chapter Nine: The End of Convict Transportation
title: 220; label: * After Servitude
title: 220; label: * Debates Back in England
title: 227; label: * Closing Stages
title: 231; label: * Convict Hulks
title: 235; label: * One Last Gasp and the Australian Solution
title: 239; label: Conclusion: Winners and Losers
title: 244; label: * Short Stories, Momentous Events
title: 247; label: * Successes and Failures
title: 250; label: * Modern Resonances
title: 254; label: * Epilogue
title: 256; label: Appendix: Is There a Convict in Your Family’s Closet? A Short Primer on Researching Convicts Transported to America
title: 261; label: Notes
title: 265; label: Sources
title: 309; label: * I. Primary sources
title: 309; label: * II. Secondary sources
title: 321; label: Index
title: 329