Child labor in the United States was a common phenomenon across the economy in the 19th century. Outside agriculture, it gradually declined in the early 20th century, except in the South which added c
Rose Biodo, a 10-year-old worker in Philadelphia, c. 1910. Photo by Lewis W. Hine.
1900 ad for McCormick farm machines: "McCormick machines are so easy to handle that your boy can successfully operate them in the field"
Children working with mules in a coal mine in West Virginia in 1908.
Child coal miners ride a horse after working hours in Scranton, Pennsylvania, about 1904
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Child labour is any work children engage in that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such work is prohibited by legislatio
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…administration. Additionally, the immigration policies of the Trump administration have further marginalized children engaged in perilous child labor. Child labour for worldwide efforts Child labour in Canada History of childhood History of childhood in the United States…
A Palestinian child labourer at the Kalya Junction, Lido beach, Delek petrol station, road 90 near the Dead Sea
A child labourer in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Child coal miners in Prussia, late 19th century
A Chinese child repairing shoes, late 19th century