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John Hudson

John Hudson Father and Mother died when he was young. When he was 4 he got his first job as a chimney sweeper. He had to climb up the inside of the chimneys and clean the soot off the bricks then the master will then sell the soot to the farmers. They worked at night so they never seen the light. The master threw him out when the summer came because their was no work to do. That is when he started theifing. He was 8 years old when he was sentenced to seven years transportation at this new land called botany bay in New Holland for stealing these items total 1 pound and 2 shillings
 * one linen shirt, value 10 shillings
 * five silk stockins, value 5 shillings
 * one pistol value, 5 shillings
 * two aproans, value 2 shillings

He was sentenced to this theift at Old Bailey courthouse. The evidence was that my footprints were left in chareoal by the fire. I was first sent to Newgate prison in London,then I was sent to the Hulks where I waited for my turn to board a ship. Later I finally boarded the Friendship which was one of the 11 ships on the first fleet. The Friendship carried 274 tons it also carried 76 amle convicts and 21 female convicts. I found out I was the youngest convict on the ship. We left and the other 10 ships on the 13th May, 1787. The convicts and I were chained below the deck until the ship was well away from land. to make sure the food lasted the journey we were each given a weekly share of, As well as having small amounts of butter, cheese, vinager and fresh water. I always looked forward to my turn on the deck because it felt so good to be in the freh air and stretch out my legs. After being in my cell that had a rotten smell. After being on the Friendship for 3 weeks we arrived in Tenrife.
 * 1 kilogram of salted pork
 * 2 kilograms of salted beef
 * 1 kilogram of peas
 * 1 and a half kilograms of oatmeal