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How many British convicts sent were to american colonies before 1776?

April 26, 2017American british colonies convicts sent

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How many British convicts sent were to american colonies before 1776?

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All the later convicts were in effect time limited slaves. for either 7 or 14 years. As such it was in the interest of the “white slave” owners to maximise their econimic return. This meant that the convict were treated very harshly with about half of them dying in servitude.