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Cardiff University: British Workhouses Were Founded and Sustained on Wealth Derived From Slavery, Study Shows
September 10, 2025
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Cardiff University issued the following news:

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British workhouses were founded and sustained on wealth derived from slavery, study shows

British workhouses were intimately bound up with slavery and imperialism throughout the early modern period, new research from Cardiff University finds.

Published in the journal Antipode, the article questions the widespread understanding of the British workhouse as a . . .

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