Overview
London, 1857: A pair of teenage girls holding a sign that says āFugitive Slavesā ask for money on the corner of Blackman Street. After a constable accosts them and charges them with begging, they end up in court, where national newspapers pick up their story. Are the girls truly escaped slaves from Kentucky? Or will the cityās dystopian Mendicity Society catch them in a lie, exposing them as born-and-raised Londoners and endangering their safety?
With its manyĀ accountsĀ of people like these who lived and made their living on the streets,Ā VagabondsĀ forms a moving picture ofĀ Londonās most compelling period (1780ā1870). Piecing together contemporary sources such as newspaper articles, letters, and journal entries, historian Oskar Jensen follows the harrowing, hopeful journeys of the cityās poor: children, immigrants, street performers, thieves, and sex workers, all diverse in gender, ethnicity, ability, and origin.Ā For the first time, their own voicesĀ give us aĀ radicalĀ new perspective on this moment in history, with its deep inequality that bears an astonishing resemblance to our own eraās divides.
This book title, Vagabonds (Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London), ISBN: 9781891011429, by Oskar Jensen, published by The Experiment (February 20, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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