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workhouse: see poor law poor law, in English history, legislation relating to public assistance for the poor. Early measures to relieve pauperism were usually designed to suppress vagrancy and begging. ..... Click the link for more information. . workhouse 1. (formerly in England) an institution maintained at public expense where able-bodied paupers did unpaid work in return for food and accommodation 2. (in the US) a prison for petty offenders serving short sentences at manual labour How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Although there had been various kinds of outdoor relief in the era of the Old Poor Law, the New Poor Law brought in its wake a less congenial kind of residence, the work house. By 1918, Harleston and Jenkins would have the resources to buy a four-story Federal-style mansion in Charleston, not far from the Work House where Denmark Vesey awaited execution nearly a century before. Addressing the gathered crowd, Pelosi connected the grassroots environmental leadership of the Prize winners to the work House Democrats have begun to protect the environment. |
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