Baby Farming - an Victorian Horror Story | Victorian Era Baby Farming

In 1834, a new law went into effect that shattered the lives of single mothers, forcing them into unimaginable circumstances. Many of these desperate women faced the heart-wrenching choice of surrendering their beloved children to the care of Baby Farmers. What awaited these innocent souls was beyond comprehension, a nightmare that no parent should endure. Join us in today's episode as we delve into the bone-chilling depths of Baby Farming.

~ I HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!! ~ Christina

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - INTRO
0:30 - TOPIC WARNING
0:54 - Working Class & Single women in the Victorian Era
2:54 - What was Poor Law?
3:48 - The Old Poor Law - 1600’s onward
5:51 - The 1662 Poor Relief Act
8:21 - Speenhamland System
9:57 - Things HAD to change
11:25 - The New Poor Law of 1834
15:39 - The Bastard Children Bill of 1810
16:52 - Incentivizing women to have illegitimate children
19:50 - Baby Farming
27:00 - Notorious Baby Famers:
30:28 - New Laws to protect children
31:19 - Present Day Baby Farms? + What is being done?
32:23 - Outro

The opinions expressed in these episodes are mine alone - the result of researching many different sources easily available online, Including contemporary news reports and original police papers, newspaper clippings & transcripts of court proceedings when available. These videos are for entertainment purposes only, please do your own research before taking any findings as facts - I will have my sources linked below each episode!

SOURCES:

https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle/11244/330139/ScheeleHM2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/1834-poor-law/#:~:text=The%20new%20Poor%20Law%20ensured,for%20several%20hours%20each%20day

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/oliver-twist-and-the-workhouse

https://victorian-supersleuth.com/the-lost-victims-of-amelia-dyer/

https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/babyfarm.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=YUqyzaaLVsQC&lpg=PA99&ots=zjV0UO5tF7&dq=Margaret%20Waters%20baby%20farmer&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q=%22infant%20life%20protection%20act%22&f=false

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-27/baby-farming-alice-mitchell-1907-perth-murder-trial/13090102

https://www.niph.go.jp/toshokan/koten/Britain/PDF/100718760003.pdf

https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/waters-margaret.htm

http://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.com/2013/11/baby-farming.html

https://works.swarthmore.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=suhj