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Talking Hart Island

Talking Hart Island

History

The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace

The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace

2020-05-24
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Episode 39 “The Orphan Trains and Charles Loring Brace”: Michael T. Keene

In 1848 Ireland was gripped by famine. Nearly a million people would die of starvation and typhoid Fever. Desperate for survival a million more Irish would abandon their homeland and come to America. Many settled in the Five Points section of lower Manhattan infamous for its squalor, violence and disease

By the end of the Civil War, an estimated 30,000 orphaned and homeless children roamed the streets of New York City. They survived by resorting to petty crime, by begging, and by selling newspapers for a nickel a piece.

In response to this crisis the age of orphan asylums began, culminating in one of the most improbable and audacious episodes in American history. Inspired by Charles Loring Brace, it was called the Orphan Train Movement. It endeavored to save these children by heroes who fought for their liberation.

 

Michael T. Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Mad~House, Question of Sanity, and now his new book, 

 

NEW YORK CITY’S HART ISLAND: A CEMETERY OF STRANGERS

 

Pre-Order a signed, soft cover copy of the book: New York City's Hart Island, directly from the Author

https://michaeltkeene.com/hart-island-soft-cover-book/

*Orders will ship on or after Oct 14, 2019

 

Learn more about Author / Host / Filmmaker Michael T. Keene

https://michaeltkeene.com/about/

 

Send questions / comments / suggestions to:

https://michaeltkeene.com/contact/

 

Connect with Michael T. Keene on Social Media

Twitter https://twitter.com/talkhartisland

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