Searching for Strangers in Colonial Boston
by
Cornelia H. Dayton, Sharon V. Salinger
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
In colonial America, the system of "warning out" was distinctive to New England, a way for a community to regulate those to whom it would extend welfare. Robert Love's Warnings animates this nearly forgotten aspect of colonial life, richly detailing the moral and legal basis of the practice...