The American colonists brought with them much of the English criminal justice system, including forced apprenticeship system for poor and neglected children.

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The American colonists did indeed bring with them many aspects of the English criminal justice system, including the practice of binding out poor and neglected children as apprentices, a system intended to provide these children with vocational training and a more stable life, but which also served to supply labor.

The American Colonists Brought with Them Much of the English