The history of US debtors prisons and abolition of jail time

The history of US debtors prisons and the abolition of jail time is a very interesting subject. Many of the colonists “shipped” to the British colonies in the Americas were sent due to their inability to pay off debts in England.  These became “indentured servants” that worked to pay off their debts over the course …

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