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I can understand why BD suggests some people have their heads buried in the sand. From all the information available, it's quite plain that convicts were sent to America. In fact, that was a large part of the reason the country was settled in the first place. It wasn't until those pesky rebels got together and foiled that plan that they started sending their convicts here.
As to being embarrassed or not about being descended from convicts well, I'm quite happy to claim a convict heritage. In fact, my great...grandfather was transported to Australia on the first fleet and when his time had been served, he because a free man and ended up being the mayor of the town he lived in.
As I said, I just don't understand the denial of obvious facts. This idea of convicts being sent to America is part of the basic curriculum in our primary school classrooms. It's part of history and no amount of postulating about what you call your convicts changes the fact.
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