Escaping up North to freedom often came with challenges of its own. There were numerous children who found themselves on the cold, cruel streets of the city. Orphaned for just about any reason, black children living on the streets were hungry, dressed poorly, and had no real place to call home. In 1836, three Quakers, […]
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