What Is The Role Of Child Labour During The Industrial Revolution

Children were used for cleaning tight spaces and doing repetitive tasks such as, using simple machines. In one case, a factory had children employed as more than two thirds of its workers. Children were also favoured for jobs because they would not go on strike or join workers' unions. Children that had to work from young age did not get any education or time to be "children". Child Labour influenced adults as well, because children would take up all the jobs, meaning that adults were often unemployed, leading to less wages paid which would result in an even bigger split between lower and upper class. There fore child labour had a major influence on the British people during the Industrial Revolution, affecting wages and home life, and making
life harder for poorer families at the time.