The first quote I came to... BTW, if the choice is debtor's prison in Britain or servitude in America, aren't those people British prisoners?
Quote:One of the causes of the American Revolution was the British practice of using the American colonies as a dumping ground for convicts. Back then, there were no prisons to house convicted criminals, except for debtors prisons like the Clink in London. ... Serious criminals ... were given a choice of exile in the colonies, either permanently or for a certain numbers of years.... Prisoners were shipped off to America and there sold as indentured servants. For more info read Immigrants in Chains by Peter Coldham. Benjamin Franklin said that a third of the population were descended from or were these British prisoners.
Talk about off-topic! Sorry... I gotta go catch THE BLUES on PBS... should be great.
What about Steve Vai?
