The Undesirables: The Law That Locked Away a Generation by Sarah Wise

The Undesirables: The Law That Locked Away a Generation

Sarah Wise

352 pages paperback 2024

2 editions

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Through the early twentieth century, the British Government locked away over 50,000 innocent people. Their 'crimes'? Being poor and unyielding. This is their story.By 1950, an estimated 50,000 people had been deemed 'defective' by the British gove...

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