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Zara Stone

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Zara Stone is freelance journalist, videographer, and ice cream addict. She's covered technology, lifestyle, and everything in between for The Atlantic, Wired, The Washington Post, Forbes, OZY, Vice, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal and more. Follow her on Twitter @almostzara and on Instagram.
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This 1797 engraving was said to be inspired by a real-life wife sale in London that year. A man reportedly took his wife to Smithfield Market, tied her to a railing, and sold her for a guinea, along with "twenty pounds in bad halfpence," to a Paddington florist.

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When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved Their Marriages With Beer

The practice of "wife-selling" wasn't legal, but a drink signaled freedom from a relationship that had soured.

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The Cataract House Hotel offered luxury in a frontier town.

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The Legendary, Lavish Dinner Parties of South Dakota's Divorce Colony

For a time, wealthy divorce seekers headed to the frontier.

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