Unwelcome Americans : living on the margin in early New England / Ruth Wallis Herndon.

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.

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Main Author: Herndon, Ruth Wallis.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]
Series:Early American studies.
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Call Number: HN79.A11 H47 2001
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