The Orphan Train: That Time the US Auctioned Children Via Rail
Podcast: Ridiculous HistoryPublished On: Thu Jul 25 2024
Description: New York was a pretty terrible place in the late 1800s. The population was riddled with disease, crime, and terror -- things were especially bad for the virtual army of street urchins. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max learn how one man created an innovative (and imperfect) system to save New York's orphans: shipping them to the Midwest en masse, and auctioning them off to farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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