foundlings

Looking at the epidemic of orphaned children in the 19th century and how they may be the key to understanding how people were reintroduced into the cities.

Official position: During the 1850s there were thousands of children living on the streets of several major cities. The children were in search of food, shelter, and money and sold rags, matches, and newspapers just to survive. The children formed gangs for protection because life on the street...