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The Brine Bath on board a prison hulk in the early 19th century

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The Brine Bath on board a prison hulk in the early 19th century. The brine bath aka coffin bath was where the prisoners were put after being flogged, their backs were scubbed with salt water causing dreadful suffering. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, publ

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG20B26_421

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52,9Mo (9,3Mo) / 34,8cm x 38,1cm / 4107 x 4500 (300dpi)

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Transportation British Punishment Cruel Illustration History Ship Australia Back Conditions Agricultural Bath Floating Prison Salt Converted Century England Jail English Hulk Convict Cruelty Dorset Brine Archive Scrubbing Penal 19th Historical Labourers Gaol Water Old Nineteenth Trade Union Jailer Warship 1834 Martyrs Archival Gaoler Captives Sentenced Portsmouth Terrible Tolpuddle Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers coffin bath