The Baby Farmers

Author : Sylvia Perrini
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781484128725
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BABY FARMERS of the 19th CENTURY written by Sylvia Perrini and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this short book, author Sylvia Perrini profiles eleven Baby Farmers. Baby farmers both repulsed and fascinated the public of the day. The term "Baby Farming" was first used by the British Medical Journal in 1867, in an article entitled "Baby-Farming" in which they described a mother who had turned her children over to the "baby farmer" with the clear understanding that they would be neglected until they died. Over the course of the following year the British Medical Journal, published in a series of sensationalist pieces that many baby farmers committed serial infanticide. The articles attracted a great deal of attention and brought the term "baby farming" into widespread use. Baby farmers were women who looked after children for a fee. Legitimate baby farms supplied a much in demand service for unmarried, pregnant women in the Victorian era. The majority of baby farmers were caring and honest. A number of them, though, abandoned, starved, or even killed the infants in their care to increase their profits. Barely a week would pass without the police finding a little corpse abandoned in a railway carriage, left on the banks of a canal, or thrown into the swiftly flowing River Thames. There were strict laws against the mistreatment of animals but, until 1872, there were no such laws to govern baby farmers. Anyone could be a baby farmer; there were no regulations to conform to, no qualifications to be met, no paperwork, and no supervision of the premises or type of care the children received. For the middle-classes, baby farms offered the perfect solution. The pregnant daughter would be sent to the country and once the infant was born, he or she would be farmed out and, all being well, forgotten. The battle against baby farming was fought more or less continuously from 1865, to 1943, seventy-eight years to push through effective legislation to regulate this "social evil."

Author : Margaret Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780207165979
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farmer written by Margaret Scott and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first novel, based on a London murder trial of the 1870s that exposed the practice of baby-farming. This business was associated with crime, lust and greed on the part of those who were paid to look after the babies of women unable to care for their children themselves. The author has previously published three collections of verse.

Author : Eve Bacon
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 9781036110567
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian and Early 20th Century Baby Farming written by Eve Bacon and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2024-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Amelia Dyer was probably the most notorious baby farmer, but she was not working in isolation. The wider story of the myriad of others also classed as baby farmers is told here. Detailing the stories of over 100 baby farmers, the good, the bad and the murderous, it looks at why baby farming became so prevalent during the Victorian period. Why did so many mothers choose to hand their babies over to the care of these people, usually, women? What 'care' was meted out to the innocent victims of these crimes? How did baby farmers come to the notice of the authorities, and how did the police track down the perpetrators of this darkest of businesses? What were the punishments meted out to them? And how, eventually, the practice was brought to an end? Find the answers to the questions about the darkest business to be carried out during the Victorian and early Twentieth Century periods in this book that traces the stories of so many baby farmers, many of whom have not had their stories told before. Was there a baby farmer in your family? Did one of your ancestors survive a baby farmer, or had they found a good family to give them the love and care a child needs? This book not only tells of a business that has long gone for its historical interest, but also, can be of use to family historians, and social history researchers.

Author : Anne Cossins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farmers written by Anne Cossins and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1892, a one-month-old baby boy was found buried in the backyard of Sarah and John Makin, two wretchedly poor baby farmers in inner Sydney. In the weeks that followed, 12 more babies were found buried in the backyards of other houses in which the Makins had lived. This resulted in the most infamous trial in Australian legal history, and exposed a shocking underworld of desperate mothers, drugged and starving babies, and a black market in the sale and murder of children. Annie Cossins pieces together a dramatic and tragic tale with larger-than-life characters: theatrical Sarah Makin, her smooth-talking husband John, her disloyal daughter, Clarice, diligent Constable James Joyce with curious domestic arrangements of his own, and a network of baby farmers stretching across the city. It's a glimpse into a society that preferred to turn a blind eye to the fate of its most vulnerable members, only a century ago.

Author : David Beeson
Publisher : Forest Edge
ISBN 13 : 0956687970
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farm written by David Beeson and published by Forest Edge. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigative journalism of an incident that occurred in North Africa. Fiction. The plot involves characters from: Egypt, Libya, USA, UK. Action occurs mainly in: Egypt, USA and UK.

Author : Carol J Larson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1611606535
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farm written by Carol J Larson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Hannah Winter is seven months pregnant and married... to the wrong man. When it appears that her true love has abandoned her, she is forced to marry a brutal man, for it's 1885, and her only choice is to marry someone, anyone, or give up her baby. But once her daughter is born, her cruel husband sells the child to a baby farm. Outraged, Hannah attacks him only to be beaten and imprisoned. Now it is up to Claire Sargent and the girls of the Secret Society of Sugar and Spice to plan a daring escape and spirit Hannah away to safety. But once rescued, Hannah won't leave... without her daughter. Claire and the girls of the Secret Society face their most daunting mission yet, for not only must they find the baby girl, they must steal her away.

Author : Marty Langenberg
Publisher : Marty Langenberg
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farm (Broken Vows Trilogy, #2) written by Marty Langenberg and published by Marty Langenberg. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert J. Parr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farmer written by Robert J. Parr and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Annie Cossins
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743434510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Farmers written by Annie Cossins and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most common murder victim in 19th century Australia was a baby, and the most common perpetrator was a woman. Annie Cossins pieces together the fascinating story of the most infamous legal trial in Australia to reveal an underworld of struggling mothers, unwanted babies, and a society that preferred to turn a blind eye. 'The book's power stems from its devastating details; Cossins establishes a tone so vivid it's reminiscent of Dickens.' Publishers Weekly In October 1892, a one-month-old baby boy was found buried in the backyard of Sarah and John Makin, two wretchedly poor baby farmers in inner Sydney. In the weeks that followed, 12 more babies were found buried in the backyards of other houses in which the Makins had lived. This resulted in the most infamous trial in Australian legal history, and exposed a shocking underworld of desperate mothers, drugged and starving babies, and a black market in the sale and murder of children. Annie Cossins pieces together a dramatic and tragic tale with larger than life characters: theatrical Sarah Makin; her smooth-talking husband, John; her disloyal daughter, Clarice; diligent Constable James Joyce, with curious domestic arrangements of his own; and a network of baby farmers stretching across the city. It's a glimpse into a society that preferred to turn a blind eye to the fate of its most vulnerable members, only a century ago. 'A very moving book.[It] brings to life the awful poverty and the immoral 'morality' of the times. conditions which broke that most sacred and powerful bond - between mother and baby - and broke the hearts of impoverished young women.' - Gabrielle Lord 'A very readable and accessible history of a terrible time. The writer has a passionate grasp of her subject and her time.' - Kerry Greenwood 'Cossins is both relentless in her search, and engrossing in her writing' - Lucy Sussex

Author : Stella Budrikis
Publisher : Fremantle Press
ISBN 13 : 1925816109
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Edward Street Baby Farm written by Stella Budrikis and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1907, Perth woman Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of five-month-old Ethel Booth. During the inquest and subsequent trial, the state's citizens were horrified to learn that at least 37 infants had died in Mitchell's care in the previous six years. It became clear that she had been running a 'baby farm', making a profit out of caring for the children of single mothers and other 'unfortunate women'.The Alice Mitchell murder trial gripped the city of Perth and the nation. This book retraces this infamous 'baby farm' tragedy, which led to legislative changes to protect children's welfare.