Great Britian’s Child Labour ( 1800’s )

1. Kashiem Streetman8-801 Great Britian’s Child Labour ( 1800’s )

2. Definition • Child Labour is the employment of children or simply “child slavery,’’ due to working for very long hours under poor conditions.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Accidents • Children’s hands and arms were caught in the machinery. • Children’s muscles and the skin were stripped down to the bone.

6. Factory Pollution • Dust was suffocating children. • Children caught symptoms and sickness like asthma by inhaling the unhealthy air.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.