Print of the Ommerschans beggar asylum. The main building had about thirty rooms where men and women slept (separately) with about 40 to 50 people. There were all kinds of outbuildings where the residents had to sew, weave, spin, or make robes or carpent. Nearby, men accompanied by soldiers performed labor in the fields.
Collection: Images
Project: 7. Persecuted by justice and powers: rebels, political dissidents and criminals in the history of Europe.
Chronology: XIX, XX
Scope: Secondary Education
Link: https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/overijssel/overijssel/ommerschans
Resource type: Image
Format: Images
Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
Language: Dutch
Date: 1819
Owner: Amsterdam group (Modernalia)
Copyright: public domain
Abstract: vagrancy, crime, punishment
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