Digitized and indexed indentures in Philadelphia in the early 1770's.

Alexander, James. Charles Quill on Apprenticeship. Exerpt from a book.

Ancestry.com article about searching for convict records. $$

Novak, Mark. Britain Sent thousands of Its Convicts to America, Not Just Australia. Article published on Australian website.

U.K. National Archives description of penal transport and where to look for the records, ships, and names..

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Maryland sources of indentures and other historic documents. FamilySearch.org Research Wiki.

Lodine-Chaffey, Jennifer. From Newgate to the New World. Female convicts transported to the Americas.

Digital collection of newspaper advertisements for the capture of runaway servants and slaves in Virginia. Intended for grades k-12.

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Trials and Sentences in England's Old Bailey.

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