Events Tagged: "debtors prison"

Daniel Defoe imprisoned for bankruptcy - owes £17,000, writes Essay on Projects proposing bankruptcy reform while in Fleet Prison

Robert Morris imprisoned for debt - financier of American Revolution spends 3 years in debtors' prison, sparking bankruptcy law debate

English Insolvent Debtors Act - allows non-traders to obtain release from debtors' prison after surrendering property

English Bankruptcy Act - abolishes debtors' prisons except for fraud, bankruptcy becomes economic not moral issue

Debtors Act abolishes imprisonment for debt in England - except for deliberate refusal to pay when able