Title: Unwelcome Americans
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.
Subjects: Poor, Poor laws, Social conditions, Social Marginality, Biography, History, Renaissance, Civilization, medieval, Marginaux, Histoire, Pauvres, Biographies, Lois sur les pauvres, Conditions sociales, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Randgruppe, Soziale Situation, Armut, Gesetzgebung, Liefdadigheid, Burgerplichten, Armoede, Kerkvoogdijen, Immigranten
Places: New England
Time periods: 18th century