Debtors' prisons were outlawed in America after the Revolutionary War.

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Debtors' prisons were not immediately outlawed after the Revolutionary War; they continued to exist in various forms in the United States into the 19th century. It wasn't until later in the 1800s that most states abolished the practice, and the federal government prohibited imprisonment for debt in cases arising under federal law with the passage of the Bankruptcy Act of 1833.

Debtors' Prisons Were Outlawed in America After the Revolutionary War