Tyranny and Oppression in the English and Welsh Workhouse, 1780-1930

On Friday, 25 September at 14:00 BST, that’s 09:00 ET, The National Archives presents a webinar by Steven King from Nottingham Trent and Paul Carter from TNA discussing how the central and local state created a framework of oppression to control the lives of the poorest citizens. From the 1780s to the outbreak of World War I, discover how actions of petty tyranny became entrenched within workhouse regimes under both the Old and New Poor Laws.

Find out more, and reserve a spot (if still available) here.

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