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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. | 15 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Prisoners for debt.
The suffering of prisoners for debt, which impelled General Oglethorpe to propose colonizing a region in America with them, was terrible in the extreme.
The writings of Howard and the pencil of Hogarth have vividly depicted them; yet these do not convey an adequate idea of the old debtors' prisons of England.
The merchant, unfortunate in his business, was often plunged from affluence and social honor and usefulness to the dreadful dens of filth and misery called prisons.
Oglethorpe had stood before one of the victims of the cruel law. He had been a distinguished London alderman, a thrifty merchant, and highly esteemed for his integrity and benevolence.
As a merchant prince, he had been a commercial leader.
Great losses made him a bankrupt.
His creditors sent him to prison.
In a moment he was compelled to leave a happy home, delightful society, and luxurious ease for a loathsome prison-cell, there to herd with debased and criminal society.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)