Talk:Swabian children
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neutrality or: "they" who were behind it...
[edit]The article is implying some sinister "they" who were behind it all:
- The Swabian children (German: Schwabenkinder) were peasant children taken from poor families in the Alps of Austria and Switzerland to work on German farms. They were taken in Spring and brought to the child markets in Germany, mainly in upper Swabia, where they would be purchased by farmers for the season.
Who were "they" who took the children and brought them to child markets? The article also mentions the American accusation of slave markets, furthering the impression that there must be some slave owners - and traders? - in the background.
The German article doesn't imply any such thing. It just says that children went (well, and that parents sent them if they didn't have the money to support the children). So either this article explains who "they" were and includes a good reference... or the article should be more neutral and less "poor children were abused" because such passive voice begs the question of who abused them. Thanks, Ibn Battuta (talk) 17:33, 20 November 2009 (UTC)