RT @Barb_Drummond@twitter.com

#WifeSelling in England was witnessed by French #POWs on license during #NapoleonicWars often at #SmithfieldMarket. When men were away their families struggled & no knowledge of his fate so wives remarried. If he returned, problem was solved by selling her to new spouse #history

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