Evidence: | Extracts from the journal of Joseph Kingsmill:
Wed 29 October: 'I was interrogated by several prisoners this evening on passages of Scripture, in the reading of which most of the prisoners spend some time before going to bed.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: before bed | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Pentonville Prison other location: in their cells |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | prisoners at Pentonville |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | prisoners |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
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: | 15097 | |
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: | 230 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Joseph Kingsmill, Chapters on prisons and prisoners (London, 1852, 2nd edn), p. 230, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15097, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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