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Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The trial of sisters begging on the streets of South London led to donations sent in by Victorian newspaper readers and an investigation by the Mendicity Society. New Generation Thinker Oskar Jensen, from Newcastle University, unearthed this story of the Avery girls in the archives and his essay explores the way attitudes to former slaves and to the reform of criminals affected the sisters' sentencing.
Producer: Ruth Watts
Producer: Ruth Watts
Released:
Apr 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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