Unveiling Forgotten Shadows: The Disturbing Truth Behind America’s Orphan Crisis in Kristen Martin’s Latest Exposé
In her book The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood (Bold Type Books, January 2025) Martin describes powerfully and in clear-eyed detail the bleak orphanages of the early 1800’s run by religious organizations interested more in indoctrinating young souls than providing families with needed services. She meticulously documents the true history of the so-called “orphan trains” at the turn of the 20th century, purportedly placing orphans with wholesome rural families in the Midwest but often offering them up as indentured labor and keeping poor to no records, making reunification next to impossible.
