Warning Out

A fascinating look at "warning out"colonial New England's peculiar system for identifying strangers This groundbreaking book follows the perambulations of Boston's indefatigable warner, Robert Love. From 1765 to 1774, Love sought, found, and verbally warned "in His Majesty's Name," four thousand sojourners to depart the city within fourteen days. Once warned, these strangers could not claim poor relief from Boston, but all except the disorderly were allowed to stay and work. New England's warning out system has been misunderstood, the authors argue, as reflecting exclusionary Puritan impulses. Rather, it functioned as an early version of modern registration systems, allowing officials to encourage the flow of labor, keep residents under surveillance, and protect the town's coffers. A classic work in the tradition of history from the bottom up, Dayton and Salingerusing Love's meticulous notes to uncover the migration stories of hundreds of men, women, and childrendiscover why Acadians, demobilized soldiers, and youthful workers were on the move, and how coming to Boston impacted their lives. "No one has ever used a warning out book to bring ordinary people to the center of a narrative. An amazing achievement. Absolutely fascinating." Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party

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