ESSAY ON: Orphan Trains: Mid 1800s to the Early 1900s

Number of Pages 6

This research paper: A 6 page review of the history of the orphan trains, New York City’s and Boston’s solution to the problem of the street waif. This movement involved not just true orphans, not just children for whom there were no relatives left, but also children who were being inadequately cared for by their own families. These children were rounded up and shipped to new homes in the West and the Midwest where they either became indentured servants or were adopted into caring homes which would provide both care and direction to a better life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.


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