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Anyone that owed a debt and could not pay it. If a creditor was not convinced his debtor was able to pay fast enough he would order the debtor taken to a workhouse to pay off the debt with labor. Few debtors succeded and were released, especially as their other creditors found they were in the workhouse and made additional claims.
Laundry work, picking oakum, making mailbags - any laborious, repetitive and sometimes dangerous work that needed to be done by half-starved, homeless people for whom the workhouse was the last hope for survival.
you had to work and eat gruel life was terrible in the workhouse
they were raped in their tiny beds and they were always having babies xx
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How were prisons similar to workhouse and how were they different?
I believe people could leave workhouses.
How many workhouses were there in Victorian times?
as much as a donkey dances like a potato chip badger
Who were in charge of the workhouses?
A number of people ran the Workhouse.MasterMatronMedical OfficersNursesOther Staff-Workshop Trainers, Laundry Staff, etc.
When did the first workhouse open in Britain?
1777 - in Ireland first then the workhouses travelled down to England to help the poor work.
Where were rich Victorian children educated?
The poor Victorians would live on the streets, but if they were found by the bobby's (police) they would get taken to the workhouse where they would have a cruel life, they would try to escape but if they got found escaping they would be put into a shed where everyone can see them. Trapped Forever. This is not entirely true, workhouses were cruel often, but a better alternative than living on the streets. It was mostly families that went into workhouses
Why was workhouses feared by people?
The people were treated poorly at workhouses.
What are synonyms of Union Workhouses?
Synonyms for union workhouses is Shelter, homeless ect.
Are there no......asked Scrooge?
Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons? And the treadmill is that still employed.
Who invented the Victorian workhouses?
victorian
When did Victorian workhouses get closed down?
1974
How big where workhouses in Victorian times?
big
Where do orphans live?
Orphans live in workhouses
When did workhouses start?
hope this deosn't help!
What do workhouses have to do with the Victorian era?
none of your buissness
How much did people get paid in workhouses?
not much
Did the Victorians care about people in the workhouses?
some did
When did the workhouses stop?
when did the workhosues stop
