YSK from the 1800s to mid 1900's Britain had sent thousands of poor and orphaned children out of the country as indentured farm workers. They're known as British Home Children, and if you have an ancestor who this happened to they can seek compensation.
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YSK from the 1800s to mid 1900's Britain had sent thousands of poor and orphaned children out of the country as indentured farm workers. They're known as British Home Children, and if you have an ancestor who this happened to they can seek compensation.