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Warned Out

April 25, 2021November 24, 2022 Gordon Harris4 Comments
Warned out of Colonial America

The settlement in Ipswich set itself resolutely to the task of guarding against undesirable prospective citizens. The practice of "warning out" strangers was finally abolished in 1793.

Posted in StoriesTagged Commons, conspiracy, poverty, warned out

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