Sunday, February 22, 2015

This is a photo of child laborers who worked at a mill. By 1819, child labor laws were finally put into place where the minimum age of workers was 9 years old and they could only work up to 12 hours per day. By 1833, a law was passed that sent government inspectors to factories as overseers to make sure the child labor laws were being followed. Finally, by 1847, a law was passed by British parliament which limited children and women's work days to 10 hours.

http://histclo.com/act/work/cou/work-eng.html

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