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Orphan Trains

Orphan Trains

Stuff You Missed in History Class

May 19, 201431m 21s

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Show Notes

Between 1854 and 1929, about 250,000 children in the U.S. were taken to new families by train. Except ... they weren't called "orphan trains" at the time, the children weren't all orphans, and "family" didn't always factor into it. Read the show notes here.

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