Even though the children often died in factory accidents or got seriously injured it wasn’t a big deal to the families because they had so many children and it was unlikely that they would live very long either way. Some children would start working at the early age of six or even younger. The young children were too young to work the machines so they worked as assistants to other factory workers.
The factories these children worked in often treated the children cruelly along with having extremely dangerous working conditions. They worked in factories such as cotton mills, coalmines, and glass factories. Children commonly worked over sixteen hours a day non stop. many people during that time were very against these laws, that there were children being allowed to work. but the owners of the factories didn't care because it made their jobs much easier. In 1833 the factory act was passed stating that the children under nine years old were not allowed to work, and children of ages 9-13 were only allowed to work 12 hours a day, even that still a lot of time, it was definitely an improvement.
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ReplyDeleteanna,
ReplyDeletenice blog. it captured the horror and sorrow of the experiences, but with a nice gentile touch. I wonder if there was anyone trying to stand up for the rights of children.
Hey Anna,
DeleteI liked the post. The pictures were just devastating. I can't believe people would do that to poor children, but yet at the same time the children needed money for the families. I believe that the owners just were using the children and taking advantage of them. What do you think? I was also wondering how many children died in the factories a day. Nice post, even though it was sad.
Your friend,
Tilde
Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteI liked your post. It's a really interesting topic, but a sad one, too! I like the pictures. There are good facts. It was nice how it was short and sweet. Life was so hard for kids back then... Just imagine if it was the same way today! That would be terrible!
-Anna B-
Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteGood post. I like your facts but going into much detail would've been boring so I am glad that you have little interesting facts. How do you think children felt when they were put to work in dangerous factories? They must have not let their parents know how they were really feeling since it was what they needed to do to stay alive. I realized from reading this what I take for granted. Reading this opened my eyes to how much little work we do now, or even not at all compared to those circumstances. The pictures were a nice touch to compliment the blog. Good job! Bailey
Dear Anna,
ReplyDeleteI really like the information you put into this post. It is very interesting that the parents of the children do not really care if they die or get seriously injured! How did the children feel about being worked so hard, was that ever recorded?
Thanks,
Annie H.
Anna,
ReplyDeletei really like the useful information you inclueded in your blog. Its so sad what happen to such small children back then. I had no idea that they had to work 16 hours!! Great Job!
Lucy
Anna,
ReplyDeleteI really like the detail about the factory act. I can't believe that six year old's would work at a factory for sixteen hours. Do you know if the kids were just girls or both genders? Also, how old did the average factory worker live? Were the children paid for their work? Good job!
-Quinn
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI liked all of the detail in your blog. I did not know that kids had to go work at the age of 6. That is a lot of small kids working in the factories. I would not like to go to work when I was 6 or 9. It is hard to imagine that today. At what age did the kids start working the bigger jobs at the factories and not being the helpers?
Good job,
Conner
Good post, it really got out the information of what children did during the industrial revolution. It's horrific to imagine young children working in factories, and reducing their life expectancy greatly. What other jobs do you think the children could have done? I imagine that farms would be an alternative, because whatever happened to the food? All we ever heard about in the ok industrial revolution was cotton factories.
ReplyDeleteGreat post,
Kaelin
Dear Anna,
ReplyDeleteNice post I like the details. It's so sad how they forced work upon the children. Think if that was you, it would be a hard life. I wonder how the parents felt when they found out that their kids have been injured. Do you have an idea?
Dear Anna,
ReplyDeleteNice post I like the details. It's so sad how they forced work upon the children. Think if that was you, it would be a hard life. I wonder how the parents felt when they found out that their kids have been injured. Do you have an idea?
Dear Anna,
ReplyDeleteNice post I like the details. It's so sad how they forced work upon the children. Think if that was you, it would be a hard life. I wonder how the parents felt when they found out that their kids have been injured. Do you have an idea?
Dear Anna,
ReplyDeleteNice post I like the details. It's so sad how they forced work upon the children. Think if that was you, it would be a hard life. I wonder how the parents felt when they found out that their kids have been injured. Do you have an idea?
Thanx for sharing this issue in this nice written informative post. We all know that Industrial Revolution is good for every country. But this is also the biggest reason of child labor. In the recent year increase in child labor is a serious issue. Govt. of every country should take some serious steps in this regard.
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