When the Industrial Revolution began, industrialists used children as a workforce. Children as young as four and five years old often worked the same 12-hour shifts as adults, although some worked shi
An 1876 illustration of children working in a British textile factory
A political cartoon from the early nineteenth century illustrating the working conditions of children
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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
Child labour in the British Industrial Revolution
…When the Industrial Revolution began, industrialists used children as a workforce. Children as young as four and five years old often worked the same 12-hour shifts as adults, although some worked shifts as long as 14 hours. By the…
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