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Child labour 19th centrury national archives - Coggle Diagram
Child labour 19th centrury national archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/struggle_democracy/childlabour.htm
Why
Bring home wage
More important then education
Children cheap to deploy
Easier to deploy
Where/what
Britain
Factory
Dangerous
Worked as hard as adults
No laws to protect them
Long hours
Farm
Succesful exploitation child labour was vital for britain economic succes
1821 49% workforce under 20
children as young as five or six joined women in 'agricultural gangs' that worked in fields often a long way from their homes
Laws
Chimney sweeping children not allowed
Ignored
1788
Education act 1870
free and compulsory education system
Protection against working in a factory
Education
Importance growt
Factory Act
Textile factories
Needed give 2 hours education to children under 13 years