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Objectives

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Materials

    Background Essays

    1. Dorothea Dix
    2. Poor Relief and the Almshouse
    3. Remedies for Abuse
    4. The Literary Style of Gothic Exposé

    Annotated & Abridged Documents

    1. Astounding Disclosures! Three Years In A Mad House
    2. Gov. Butler's Charges Against The Tewksbury Almshouse Management
    3. Memorial To The Legislature of Massachusetts
    4. Modern Persecution, or Married Woman's Liabilities
    5. Ten Days In A Mad-House
    6. The Defenders Of The Tewksbury "Slaughter-house" Barbarities
    7. The State Wards