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That's an argument I can follow. It reminds me of an interesting bit of Canadian history when Britain decided to solve two problems at once: Britain had a surp
by MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
That's an argument I can follow. It reminds me of an interesting bit of Canadian history when Britain decided to solve two problems at once: Britain had a surplus of orphans and street children, and homesteaders in the colonies had a demand for children (aka free farm labour) so they shipped out 100s of thousands of children under an adoption scheme:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Children
- anonporridge 4y agoFascinating bit of history!
- cvhashim04 4y agoCan’t imagine the amount of abuses that took place in sending children off to foreign lands with no guardian :(