Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775 is a nonfiction historical book written by A. Roger Ekirch.

It was originally published in 1987 and then reissued in 1990, and 1992 by Clarendon Press.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] This book examines the 18th century forced transportation of around 50,000 convicts to America who were sentenced for periods of seven, fourteen years, or life.

The transportation continued until 1775, when the American Revolutionary War halted the practice.

Also, Ekirch explores the various roles played by England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland in this convict trade.