Orphan Trains
Orphan trains and Carlisle and the ways people from the past undermined the minorities and children of America. The film "The orphan Trains" tells us the story of children who were taken from the streets of New York City and put on trains to rural America. ... This was a program that was best known for "Orphan Trains". In 1853, Brace founded this society to arrange trips, raise the money, and obtain legal permission needed for relocation (the Orphan trains, 1). The reaction to the orphan trains were both positive and negative. The main reason for the orphan trains was not to necessarily help the children but to clean up the streets. ... After watching "Orphan Trains" the viewer sees haw people tried to solve the problem with children on the streets. ... Brace believed the farmers would welcome homeless children, take them into their homes and treat them as their own (The Orphan Trains, 2). ... For example, when Elliot Bobo went on the orphan train and was dropped off he was approached by a farmer.