Poor Mothers, Stepmothers, and Foster Mothers in Early Republic and Antebellum Charleston

Between 1790 and 1860, over two thousand children spent part of their lives in the Charleston Orphan House. Just over half of these children were brought to the Orphan House by their mothers, who in most cases had recently been widowed. An unknown share of children lived with female relations and ev...

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