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Do you know where the saying "Don't take candy from a stranger" came from? You're about to find out in this mini episode about the first kidnapping for ransom in the United States and the disappearance of Charley Ross.
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SOURCES
“$300 Reward.” ThePhiladelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), July 6, 1874. www.newspapers.com.
“Charley and Walter Ross: The First People Kidnapped in the U.S.” ushistory.org. Accessed May 19, 2023.
https://www.ushistory.org/germantown/upper/charley.htm#:~:text=On%20July%201%2C%201874%20two,4%20and%206%20years%20old.
DeVito, Brittany A. “23 Letters: A Child Lost Forever.” Literary & Cultural Heritage Maps of PA Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Accessed May 19, 2023. https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-maps-pa.
“Kidnapping of Charley Ross.” Wikipedia, April 14, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Charley_Ross.
Magazine, Smithsonian. “The Story behind the First Ransom Note in American History.” Smithsonian.com, December 9, 2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-first-ransom-note-in-american-history-180948612/.
Thomas, Heather. “The Kidnapping of Little Charley Ross: Headlines and Heroes.” The Library of Congress, April 23, 2019. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/04/the-kidnapping-of-little-charley-ross/.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.”www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
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Do you know where the saying "Don't take candy from a stranger" came from? You're about to find out in this mini episode about the first kidnapping for ransom in the United States and the disappearance of Charley Ross.
_____
SOURCES
“$300 Reward.” ThePhiladelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), July 6, 1874. www.newspapers.com.
“Charley and Walter Ross: The First People Kidnapped in the U.S.” ushistory.org. Accessed May 19, 2023.
https://www.ushistory.org/germantown/upper/charley.htm#:~:text=On%20July%201%2C%201874%20two,4%20and%206%20years%20old.
DeVito, Brittany A. “23 Letters: A Child Lost Forever.” Literary & Cultural Heritage Maps of PA Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Accessed May 19, 2023. https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-maps-pa.
“Kidnapping of Charley Ross.” Wikipedia, April 14, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Charley_Ross.
Magazine, Smithsonian. “The Story behind the First Ransom Note in American History.” Smithsonian.com, December 9, 2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-first-ransom-note-in-american-history-180948612/.
Thomas, Heather. “The Kidnapping of Little Charley Ross: Headlines and Heroes.” The Library of Congress, April 23, 2019. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/04/the-kidnapping-of-little-charley-ross/.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.”www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
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