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Child labor has been around since before the 1800’s. Since the 1800’s many things have been done to create less troubles for the kids, including making new laws that protect their equal rights. Factory owners preferred to hire children as apposed to adults because they were a cheaper source of labor. “Children made up more than five percent of the industrial labor force in the 1800’s” (Clayton 421). ... Child labor became a known issue during the 1850’s in northern metropolitan areas, such as New York City. ... Child labor has been associated with the rise of industrial capitalism”(http://www. ... In
1870, the first census that reported child laborers said that there were approximately 750,000 workers that were under the age of 15. ... One of the jobs a small child may have endured might have been mining coal, where children would work for long hours in dark, damp mines, carrying coal on their backs up to the surface. ...
Child labor has progressed immensely over the past few hundred years. ... The commotion didn’t die down until laws were passed protecting their equal rights.
Approximate Word count = 888
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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