These allowed for the appointment of overseers to place destitute or neglected children as servants in the homes of the affluent, where they were trained in agricultural, trade, or domestic services.

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The language of "appointment of overseers" and placing "destitute or neglected children" suggests a reference to the Poor Laws, which provided for the care and employment of the poor and destitute in England and its colonies during the colonial period.

These Allowed for the Appointment of Overseers to Place Destitute