It’s not uncommon in Minnesota to see a news story about someone being sentenced to “the workhouse.” But what is a workhouse? It turns out Minnesota is one of the only states still using this term, ...

A Newtown man’s lifelong search for identity began in Caersws Workhouse, revealing the fragility of records and lives in ...

Note: In this essay, James Kences deals with a difficult subject concerning the treatment of the poor and indigent of Colonial times. "Voted that the selectmen erect or build a fit and convenient work ...

Mayor Tishaura O. Jones on Wednesday announced that the demolition of most buildings at the former Medium Security Institution known as “The Workhouse” will begin by December 16, 2024. “The ...

In my last column, I described clues that led me to the ancestral home of my natal surname (the Weatherlows). It was the poorhouse records of Depwade Union Workhouse in Norfolk, England, however, that ...

ALL FOR LIBERTY: The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849. By Jeff Strickland. Cambridge University Press. 256 pages. $29.99 paperback; $89.99 hardcover; $14.60 Kindle. In discussions leading ...