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Other Escapes

Blackwell's Island Lunatic Ball, 1865

Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Ball, 1865

It is likely that all insane asylums held patients who managed to escape (see last post). These attempts were met with a variety of responses from the community. Especially in the earlier days of asylum-building, the institution’s affiliated city actively worked to bring the asylum in, and the townspeople were quite proud of their magnificent new structure and the asylum’s important work. Continue reading