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Why English Husbands Sold Their Wives at the Market

Step into the shocking and misunderstood world of 18th and 19th century England, where a failing marriage could be ended not in a courtroom, but at a cattle auction. This is the bizarre history of English wife selling. In this video, we uncover the strange custom that served as a form of divorce for the working class. Discover how a husband could legally lead his wife to market with a halter around her neck and sell her to the highest bidder. But was this practice as brutal as it sounds? We'll explore the surprising truth that many of these sales were a form of public ceremony, performed with the wife's consent as a way to escape a bad marriage and start a new life. This is a story about how common people created their own social rules when the law failed them, resulting in one of the strangest customs in modern history. #weirdhistory #englishhistory #socialhistory #victorianera #documentary #historyfacts #bizarre