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Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Census Question
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:06:29 EDT
Sometimes they were called "work houses", more often "poor houses" where
indigent people were housed and fed. Of course they were free to leave, but
where would they go? A google search of "poor house" will tell you all about
them.
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