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on the banks of the Hudson River 30 miles north of New York City. The slang term “sent up the river,” meaning sent to prison, originated with Sing Sing.
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A potter’s field is a graveyard for the poor, unknown, and criminals. In the 1890s unidentified persons were buried on Hart’s Island, in Long Island Sound.