Unwelcome Americans
Subtitle: living on the margin in early New England
By: Ruth Wallis Herndon.
Series: Early American studies
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Marginality, Social -- New England -- History -- 18th century; Poor -- New England -- Biography; Poor laws -- New England -- History -- 18th century; New England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: This book tells the stories of forty New Englanders who were forced ('warned out') to leave various communities in Rhode Island. Their stories are typical of what happened to the poor, homeless, and vagrant in other New England communities in the 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([229]-235) and index.