Convicts in Bermuda Part 1

In what year did convicts come to Bermuda?

• 1833

• 1832

• 1823

• 1834

How many convicts came to Bermuda?

• Over 7,000

• Over 8,000

• Over 9,000

• Over 6,000

The prisoners were selected on the basis they were

• Skilled workers

• young and fit

• Larcenist

• Grave diggers

Most British convicts were

• arsonist

• larcenist

• cyclist

• scientist

Most British convicts served

• 10 years

• 9 years

• 17 years

• 7 years

Canadian convicts were punished for

• desertion

• lying

• stealing

• starting fires

The Irish prisoners were in Bermuda because of the

• pea famine

• pickle famine

• pear famine

• potato famine

The Irish potato famine took place between

• 1865-1876

• 1846-1851

• 1836-1841

• 1866-1871

Convicts did the following type of work

• farming

• quarrying

• whaling

• fishing

The convicts lived on how many hulks?

• 10 hulks

• 7 hulks

• 17 hulks

• 27 hulks