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From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. These include Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649. The 1755 Census of Maryland reveals the distribution of transported convicts across the colony. The highest concentrations of transported felons were in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]], and [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's]] counties:<ref name="null">[http://books.google.com/books?id=3TY3AAAAYAAJ "An Account of the Number of Souls in the Province of Maryland, in the Year 1755,"] ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' Vol. 34 (1764):261.</ref> | From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. These include Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649. The 1755 Census of Maryland reveals the distribution of transported convicts across the colony. The highest concentrations of transported felons were in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]], and [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's]] counties:<ref name="null">[http://books.google.com/books?id=3TY3AAAAYAAJ "An Account of the Number of Souls in the Province of Maryland, in the Year 1755,"] ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' Vol. 34 (1764):261.</ref> | ||
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