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Curfew
Curfews, or restrictions on being away from home during certain hours, have been used throughout history for many different reasons. The word itself is believed to come from the French word couvrefeu, meaning “cover-fire,” which referred to the feudal custom of ringing a bell to signify that everyone should extinguish their home fires and go to sleep. As far back as 1068 and for almost 40 years, William the Conqueror established a strict curfew that would prohibit townspeople from gathering in the dark of night and possibly planning an uprising.
In the United States, curfews were used in the pre–Civil War period to ensure that slaves were off the streets by a certain time in the evening. Throughout the 1900s, curfews were imposed to discourage ...
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