Monto’s earliest madams in the 1860s were women that survived the horror of the Famine and the brutality of poverty and the workhouse. They were survivors with little other options but to sell ...

In 1860, the average price for a slave in Charleston ... or in black holes, like the Charleston workhouse, or the Savannah jail. In January, you can put big hector and short jack in the savannah ...

In a world much-written about by Charles Dickens, if you were poor and had a baby you couldn't look after - or out of wedlock - then your option was probably the dreaded workhouse. But if you were ...

Soon after Emily’s birth, the family moved to Worplesdon where five siblings were born by 1825. Two more siblings, George and ...

Visitors at Terry Park had the chance to travel back in time with a vintage base ball game, showcasing America’s pastime as it was played in the 1860s. The base ball game featured lemon peel ...

The Workhouse in Enniskillen has transformed from its sombre past to a vibrant site of resilience, while Belfast's historic Templemore Baths remain a vital community hub. Show more Once a sombre ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

A chillingly intact Irish famine workhouse that still stands in Laois, has been awarded €200,000 to preserve it into the future. Donaghmore Workhouse, Dunacleggan, Donaghmore, Co. Laois, where many ...

Lynn Nottage’s play Clyde’s, currently at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia, is a compelling look into the lives of those who are often unseen and undervalued: the formerly incarcerated ...