The "Poor Farm"
September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021 -
Before post-Depression legislation, poor people in the United States, especially those who had neither family nor friends with the means to help them, were dealt with primarily through a system that evolved from seventeenth-century English “poor laws.” An institution operated by a town or city wa...
Before post-Depression legislation, poor people in the United States, especially those who had neither family nor friends with the means to help them, were dealt with primarily through a system tha...
Before post-Depression legislation, poor people in the United States, especially those who had neither family nor friends ...
Before post-Depression legislation, poor people in the United States, especially those who had ne...