La gente que no pagaba a sus acreedores era enviada -junto con sus familias- a las cárceles de los deudores, como pasó con John Dickens, el padre de Charles, que fue preso por deber 40 libras.
People who did not pay their creditors were sent – with their families – to debtors’ prisons, as John Dickens, Charles’ father, was for owing 40 pounds.