Ziegler, Edith Miriam,  1944- <br/><br/>
Harlots, hussies, and poor unfortunate women :  crime, transportation, and the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783 / 
Edith M. Ziegler. 
 - 1 online resource (241 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Atlantic crossings .
 - Atlantic crossings. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social change, crime, and the law -- Punishment, pleas, and the prospect of exile -- Bound for Maryland -- Arrival in the New World -- Servants and masters -- Escape -- Going home and staying on -- Mary Nobody in the republic of virtue -- Appendix 1: Statistical information on convict women -- Appendix 2: List of convict women's occupations -- Appendix 3: Privy council resolution, 1615 -- Appendix 4: Transportation act of 1718 -- Appendix 5: Crimes punished by transportation at the old bailey 1718-1776 -- Appendix 6: Colonial legislation regarding convicts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780817387495 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women prisoners--History--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>Penal transportation--History--Maryland--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9644  / .Z54 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.3/74097309033