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It was not pleasant to be in debt in Victorian England. Debtors’ prisons existed that were full of families whose only crime was their inability to repay their debt. Union workhouses forced ...

Flanders challenges our received wisdom about Victorian London ... Dickens' father was locked in a London debtors' prison, while 12-year-old Dickens worked long days in a factory and lived ...

Over 95 percent of debt collection suits end in favor of the collector, usually because alleged debtors do not mount a defense.

Martin Daunton examines Dickens' brilliant evocation of Victorian social conditions ... management had led him and his family to a debtors' prison - where the young Charles witnessed misery ...

and you'll find out if you can make it as a Victorian entrepreneur. Choose well, make money and the business will survive. Choose badly, and the businessman could end up in debtors' prison.

A Missouri town will pay $3.25 million to settle a so-called debtors' prison lawsuit over allegations that thousands of people were unconstitutionally jailed and forced to pay fines and fees that ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Fewer Illinois residents may land in “debtors prison” under a new law signed this week by Gov. Pat Quinn. The law places ...

Martin Daunton examines Dickens' brilliant evocation of Victorian social conditions ... management had led him and his family to a debtors' prison - where the young Charles witnessed misery ...