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| Picture No | 10208471 |
| Date | 1870 |
| Description | Exodus from Whitecross Street debtors prison 1870 |
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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.
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| Source | Engraving in 'Illustrated Times', 8 January 1870, page 17 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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