Republic of Debtors : Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence / Bruce H. Mann.

Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure, merely...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Mann, Bruce H. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Bankruptcy > United States. Bankruptcy > United States. Consumer credit > United States. Consumer credit > United States. Debt > United States. Debt > United States. Bankruptcy. Consumer credit. Debt. United States.