ISBN:
9781479833207
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Series Statement:
Early American Places Ser. v.7
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5/692097309034
Keywords:
Rogues and vagabonds-United States-History-19th century
;
Vagrancy-United States-History-19th century
;
Poor-United States-History-19th century
;
United States-Social conditions-19th century
;
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Abstract:
Cover -- VAGRANTS AND VAGABONDS -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 "She Is Doubtless a Very Vagrant": Poverty and Mobility on the Legal Landscape -- 2 "A Wandering Life": The Physical Landscape of Indigent Transiency -- 3 "The Removal of So Many Human Beings . . . Like Felons": Forced Migration of the Poor -- 4 "Since He Was Free": Vagabondage, Race, and Emancipation -- 5 "Punishment for Their Misfortunes": Discretion, Incarceration, and Resistance -- 6 "It Was amongst the Vagrant Class . . . That Cholera Was Most Fatal": Mobility, Poverty, and Disease -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
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