Great Britian’s Child Labour ( 1800’s ) Kashiem Streetman 8-801

Definition Child Labour is the employment of children or simply “child slavery,’’ due to working for very long hours under poor conditions. This photo shows a younger worker struggling in the coal mine, on duty.

Cause/Effect One of the major causes of child labour is the Industrial Revolution. It led a massive increase in factories. Children were hired and used to work upon them. One of the major effects of child labour is stealing children’s education away. They were forced to focus more on their work than attending school. The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transport had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions starting in the United Kingdom. Children worked in factories in order to earn money, helping their relatives.

Working hours Children were working in factories for 12 hours every day. Children became tired from lack of stamina working for long hours under poor conditions. - Children who were late for work were severely punished, being beaten by the factory owner.

Accidents Children’s hands and arms were caught in the machinery. Children’s muscles and the skin were stripped down to the bone. This photo shows the results of the younger workers after working in factories. Many lost most of their body’s limp or became cripple. Children would usually become exhausted from working so much, in which caused many accidental deaths or injuries.

Factory Pollution Dust was suffocating children. Children caught symptoms and sickness like asthma by inhaling the unhealthy air. Symptoms is a indication of disorder or a disease.

Coal Mine Coal mines were very dangerous places to be Explosions happened and workers were stuck being trapped inside and got all sorts of injuries. The picture shows a group of workers being trapped together inside the mine from after a sort of explosion.

Mills Mills were a factory made for certain kind of manufacture such as paper, steel, or textiles. Mill owners took young workers and kept them living in mills, forcing them to work intensely. Textile is a machine with any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting.

Improvements of Child Labour Regulation of Child Labor Law of 1833, which established paid inspectors to enforce the laws. The Coal Mine Act was soon passed in 1842.This act prevented all women, girls and boys under the age of 10 from underground coal mine employment. Ten Hours Bill of 1847 limited working to ten hours a day for children and women. There weren’t much laws or acts I knew of because most of the child labor laws were passed in U.S, but my purpose is to only focus on Great Britain’s child labour acts.