[Molitor5901]

This hits home for me because my great grandfather was given away at 11 years old, and his brother who was 12 also, because the family could no longer afford to keep them. They were given to a family with a farm in a nearby county. Unfortunately due to illiteracy and lack of official records, no one knows to this day who my grandfathers actual parents were. All I know is that he and his brother were dropped off with a new family and worked on the farm until they left for the military at 18.

This kind of article reminds me of just how good we have it in America today, despite all its faults.

[qingcharles]

Yeah, people seem to forget we're talking about living history here. These sorts of things happened within the lifetimes of people who are still with us.

[Molitor5901]

When I saw the video of people in New York City in 1910(1), then colorized, I was floored. But then I found an article(2) where someone managed to find out who the family was, and it really hit me how close we are to the birth of technology that today are so common place that we lose perception of our collective timeline.

(1)https://youtu.be/68rZ2RNndSA?si=7xOsDi2Vaa74Dusp&t=25

(2)https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/who-are-these-people-19...

[qingcharles]

Great bit of detective work!