e/Tennessee Children's Home Society

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has glosseng: Tennessee Childrens Home Society was an orphanage operated in the state of Tennessee during the first half of the twentieth century, and is most often associated with its Memphis branch operator Georgia Tann as an organization involved with the kidnapping of children and their illegal adoptions. Tann died in 1950 before the state of Tennessee could release its findings on her activities. A story reported by 60 Minutes in 1991 renewed interest in Tanns black market adoptions, and the help she received from Shelby County Family Court Judge Camille Kelley.
lexicalizationeng: Tennessee Children's Home Society
instance of(noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
snatch, kidnapping

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