Evidence: | Case study, E.E.S., a Jew, young man of respectable German family, at first confined in a common prison where associated with other prisoners, before moved to Pentonville:
'For months after he came to Pentonville the poor man could speak of nothing but the injustice and cruelty of the English. At last he became quiet, and even cheerful, under different treatment; studied most assidiously the New and Old Testaments, in reference to the claims of Christianity upon his belief; withdrew himself from the teaching of his Rabbi, who could not satisfy his inquiring mind; and before he left, professed an entire acquiescence in the truths of our Divine religion.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Pentonville Prison other location: in his cell |
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Reader: | E.E.S. |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | from a respectable family, now a prisoner |
Religion: | Jewish |
Country of origin: | Germany |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) probably prison issue |
Record ID: | 15096 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Kingsmill | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Chapters on prisons and prisoners | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1852, 2nd edn | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 122-123 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Joseph Kingsmill, Chapters on prisons and prisoners (London, 1852, 2nd edn), p. 122-123, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15096, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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