Friendless or forsaken? : child emigration from Britain to Canada, 1860-1935

Lamont, Ruth, author.

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"Between 1860 and 1935, about 100,000 impoverished children were emigrated from Britain to Canada to seek a new life in the "land of plenty." Charities, religious workers, philanthropists, and state-run institutions such as workhouses and orphanages all sent children abroad, claiming that this was the only way to prevent them becoming criminals or joining the masses of working-class unemployed. Friendless or Forsaken? follows the story of child e...

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Canada Emigration and immigration History 20th century

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Part of a Series:

States, people, and the history of social change States, people, and the history of social change ; 8

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ISBN:

9780228021285

Description:

xi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index

Contents:

Criminals
Legal Legitimisation for Emigrating the 'Friendless' Child
Letters from the Land of Plenty
Rescue or Reward?
Aftermath

Control Number:

3337697

Other Authors:

Moss, Eloise, 1986- author
Wildman, Charlotte, author

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