CHILD LABOR

TYPES OF CHULD LABOR

• Child labor had 2 types
• 1. Parish apprentice children
• 2. Free labour children

STATISTICS

• Children as young as 5 worked in harsh conditions
• Children sometimes worked up to 19 hours a day
• Up to 54% of workers in textiles in Britain were children

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Orphans were often treated like slaves
• Children beaten and abused by factory owners
• One form of punishment was to weight children
• One common injury was chopped limbs
• Death became a common occurrence to children

WHY?

• Children were useful because their size allowed the. To fit into smaller places
• Seen to "prevent youthful idleness and vice"

PRICE

• Children were sometime paid less than a penny for the work they did
• In general, children were paid a fraction of the price adults were paid

FACORTY ACT OF 1833

• Improved conditions for children
• Government appointed officials to oversee
• Made children under 9 not work
• Children 14 to 18 could work 12 hours
• Children 9 to 13 could work 8 hours
• Children were to attend no less than 2 hours of school

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