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- Condition
- Very Good
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- “Very good condition. This book was lightly used for a research project. Shows virtually no wear”
- Book Title
- A History of the New York Juvenile Asylum and Its Orphan Trains:
- ISBN
- 9781736488454
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Kidder, Clark
ISBN-10
1736488457
ISBN-13
9781736488454
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050409476
Product Key Features
Publication Name
History of the New York Juvenile Asylum and Its Orphan Trains : Companies Sent West (1888-1896)
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Subject
General, United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2021-900548
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Series Volume Number
5
Number of Volumes
6 vols.
Volume Number
vol. 5
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.7340973
Synopsis
By the mid-1800s, the streets of New York City were home to an estimated 30,000 homeless, truant or orphaned children. These poor unfortunates were destined to commit petty crimes, be truant from school or home, or enter into prostitution, creating a tremendous drain on city resources and society in general. Magistrates committed the youthful offenders to asylums by the hundreds, one of which was the New York Juvenile Asylum, established in 1851. Overcrowding became a problem almost immediately. For the New York Juvenile Asylum, relief came with the implementation of a western indenturing plan in which companies of children were sent west, at first in partnership with the New York Children's Aid Society, later with Reverend Mr. Enoch Kingsbury of Danville, Illinois, and finally, independently by the Asylum itself. At the time, the American West was in critical need of laborers in both agriculture and industry, and many families were eager to take in a child who was willing to work in exchange for food and lodging, or to learn a trade. Indenture papers were signed stipulating boys would stay until age twenty-one and girls until age eighteen. At the completion of their indenture each child received a cash payment, new clothing, and a bible. The Asylum chose the state of Illinois to indenture the vast majority of its children in, later establishing a permanent western agent and agency house in the state. In 1861, the Illinois State Legislature passed a bill recognizing the indentures of the Asylum as legally binding documents. The orphan trains of the New York Juvenile Asylum were sent west from 1854 until circa 1921. By the time the practice ended the Asylum had indentured over 6,600 children in Illinois and a few surrounding states - chiefly Iowa. Volume one of this set chronicles the history of the New York Juvenile Asylum (later named The Children's Village) from its earliest history until circa 1923. Volumes Two through Volume Six are comprised of lists of all known names of children sent west from the Asylum, including dates, where sent, and with whom they were indentured.
LC Classification Number
HV985.K53 2021
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