Anthony Vaver

Anthony Vaver is the author of the Amazon bestselling books, "Early American Criminals" and "Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America." He is also the author and publisher of EarlyAmericanCrime.com, a website that explores crime, criminals, and punishments from America's past. He has a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.L.S. from Rutgers University. He has never spent a night in jail, but was once falsely accused of shoplifting.

Photo 1: At Blackfriars in London, where transported convicts began their journey to America.