Kidnapped: A Georgian Adventure

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Dan Cruickshank investigates the story of James Annesley, a 12-year-old boy snatched from the streets of Dublin in 1728 and sent to work on a plantation in America. After 13 years of hard labour, he earned enough money to secure a passage to Britain and challenge his uncle in court, accusing him of masterminding his kidnapping to steal a lucrative inheritance - a trial which revealed several unpleasant truths about 18th-century society.