Exodus from Whitecross Street debtors prison 1870
Whitecross Street Prison was a debtors prison in Islington, London, capable of holding up to 500 prisoners. At five minute pass twelve on New Years Eve a new act was passed, that abolished imprisonment for debt, sixty-three debtors left the prison
Picture No
14094439
Media ID
45858303
Size
5345px x 4175px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in Illustrated Times', 8 January 1870, page 17
Date
1870
