Vagrants and vagabonds : poverty and mobility in the early American republic /

"Vagrants and Vagabonds: Poverty and Mobility in the Early American Republic" explores the topics of social class and poverty and their implications in the early American republic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Brassill-Kulfan, Kristin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:	Early American places.
Subjects:	Rogues and vagabonds > United States > History > 19th century. Vagrancy > United States > History > 19th century. Poor > United States > History > 19th century. United States > Social conditions > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
"She is doubtless a very vagrant" : poverty and mobility on the legal landscape
"A wandering life" : the physical landscape of indigent transiency
"The removal of so many human beings...like felons" : forced migration of the poor
"Since he wa free" : vagabondage, race, and emancipation
"Punishment for their misfortunes" : discretion, incarceration, and resistance
"It was amongst the vagrant class...that cholera was most fatal" : mobility, poverty, and disease
Conclusion.