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young Moravian children

The Rooms Provincial Archives, VA 118-17.5, “All our young are "well-favoured Moravialings" : Seven Moravian children, Labrador [ca. 1909], International Grenfell Association photograph collection

Additional Information  At the age of six years, Moravian children were sent from Labrador to be educated in Europe until the age of 16 or 18. They were never reunited with their families.