Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America    by Anthony Vaver
Price: $3.99 USD. 16230 words. Published on July 3, 2011. Nonfiction.
In 1723, James Bell stole a book from a London bookstall. As punishment, he was loaded on a ship and sent to colonial America, where he was sold as an indentured servant. In telling the epic story of how thousands of British convicts like Bell were separated from families and transported to America in the 18th century, Anthony Vaver challenges the way we think about immigration to early America.