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Anthony Vaver

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I am the author of "Early American Criminals" and the Amazon bestseller "Bound with an Iron Chain," a book about convict transportation from Great Britain to colonial America. I am also the author and publisher of EarlyAmericanCrime.com, a website that explores crime, criminals, and punishments from America’s past. I have a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.L.S. from Rutgers University. I have never spent a night in jail, but I was once falsely accused of shoplifting.

My profile picture is of me in London at Blackfriars, where convicts in the 18th century left for America.
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Read My Article on Convict Transportation in New Politic

An article I recently wrote for the British online magazine, New Politic, is now available online. The article, “The Criminal Origins of the United States of America,” is about British convict transportation to America, which took place between the years 1718 and 1775, and is the subject of my book, Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convic

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