Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917 by Roy Parker

Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917

Roy Parker

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nonfiction childrens sociology medium-paced
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Some 80,000 British children - many of them under the age of ten - were shipped from Britain to Canada by Poor Law authorities and voluntary bodies during the 50 years following Confederation in 1867. How did this come about? What were the motives...

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