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 Date: 2010-01-29 10:25:15Family Childhood Adoption Child welfare Genealogy Orphan Train Rail transportation in the United States Trains Orphanage Foster care Charles Loring Brace Child Protective Services |
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ORPHAN TRAIN MYTHS AND LEGAL REALITY By Rebecca S. Trammell* Introduction Beginning in the 19th century, as many as 200,000 children across New York City’s overcrowded boroughs, often from