Child Labor In The 1800s
Child labor is affecting over 200 million children all over the world (Britannica) and many people are here to help. Before 1842, “children who worked in mines would be covered in toxic black coal dust and regularly died from malnutrition, overwork, and black lung disease”(Farrell). However, because of the Coal Mines Act of 1842, “women and children were banned from working in mines”(Farrell) which was a big step towards abolishing child labor. Acts and laws like this have been and need to be continuing to happen. A “key factor of ending child labor is providing better and more education”(Stearman). This is because if children “attend school, they can’t work full time”(Stearman). This also applies to “children who are educated since they grow
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From 27 BCE to 476 CE, families lived together under the rule of their father or grandfather. Even though it was rare, any member of the family could be beaten, sold into slavery, forced to work, or even legally killed(Farrell). 1760-1850 was the Industrial Revolution, in which it was a period of tech advancement and industrialization and the population grew in cities because of job opportunities. Children became a burden and had to find full time jobs to help families thus, child labor became extremely common(Farrell). During the Industrial Revolution in 1842, all mines were dug by hand and often flooded so miners waded through dirty water. They were paid by the amount of coal collected each day, but they had to pay Colliers (people who hauled coal to surface) from their own pocket money. To save money, miners brought kids and wives as colliers who weren’t paid and worked up to 18 hours a day(Farrell). The Industrial Revolution was a time of child labor because many factories hired children because they were easier to control, didn’t complain as much about poor conditions ,and didn’t demand high wages. Spinning and weaving were mostly done by women and children and many took jobs on textile mills and worked for 12-18 hours. Safety wasn’t a priority and some machines were designed with exposed gears that could crush a hand or foot. Children as young as three worked and many had early
From 27 BCE to 476 CE, families lived together under the rule of their father or grandfather. Even though it was rare, any member of the family could be beaten, sold into slavery, forced to work, or even legally killed(Farrell). 1760-1850 was the Industrial Revolution, in which it was a period of tech advancement and industrialization and the population grew in cities because of job opportunities. Children became a burden and had to find full time jobs to help families thus, child labor became extremely common(Farrell). During the Industrial Revolution in 1842, all mines were dug by hand and often flooded so miners waded through dirty water. They were paid by the amount of coal collected each day, but they had to pay Colliers (people who hauled coal to surface) from their own pocket money. To save money, miners brought kids and wives as colliers who weren’t paid and worked up to 18 hours a day(Farrell). The Industrial Revolution was a time of child labor because many factories hired children because they were easier to control, didn’t complain as much about poor conditions ,and didn’t demand high wages. Spinning and weaving were mostly done by women and children and many took jobs on textile mills and worked for 12-18 hours. Safety wasn’t a priority and some machines were designed with exposed gears that could crush a hand or foot. Children as young as three worked and many had early