vagrancy

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On Jan. 18, 1888, the Los Angeles Evening Express reported that “39 tramps, known to the constables as ‘hobos,’” had been arrested and found guilty of vagrancy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

Once released from prison, she emigrated to New York where in 1902 there is a record of her being placed in a workhouse as punishment for vagrancy.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

The story takes place during a season of vagrancy in Jacqueline’s life, tracking her efforts to find shelter and enough food to keep from fainting.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Additionally, there were more examples of birds getting lost while migrating, a phenomenon known as migratory bird vagrancy.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

Clearly, the purpose of the black codes in general and the vagrancy laws in particular was to establish another system of forced labor.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander