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Podcast: The Great Deception Podcast
Episode: Orphan Trains 1854-1929
Description: Welcome back for episode 49 of The Great Deception Podcast where I will look into the infamous Orphan Trains. From 1854-1929 nearly 250,000 children were relocated from around the United States to Midwest/Western America. Why were there so many orphans, 30,000 in New York City in 1850? What role did the Children Aid Society and Charles Loring Brace play? What is Brace connection to Frederick Law Olmstead, The Godfather of American Landscape Architecture. The children were transported against their will to families across the nation mainly as laborers before child labor laws. Although many will praise this effort, there is a dark side t...