Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution
Children were widely used as labour in factories, mines, and agriculture during the British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840). Very often working the same 12-hour shifts that adults did, children as young as five years old were paid a pittance to climb under dangerous weaving machines, move coal through narrow mine shafts, and work in agricultural gangs.
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🔸 A group of breaker boys at the Woodward Coal Mines in Kingston, Pennsylvania, pose for a photograph taken in c. 1900. A breaker boy was a coal-mining worker whose job was to separate impurities from coal by hand in a coal breaker. Breaker boys were primarily children, and the practice of employing children for this job did not end until the early 1920s. Credit: Rishi Colors #victorianchaps #pennsylvania #goodolddays #badoldtimes #vintage #childlabour #victorian #nostalgia #1900s #portrait #retro #pastlives #history (at Kingston, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmoOM7WgTCi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A plastic (waste) world by imu.imran2020
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Eradicate child labour to eradicate poverty and have the country grow. Warm wishes on World day Against Child Labour!
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Have you already been to SHEIN to buy a Valentine's Day gift, at that suspiciously cheap price?
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“A child’s childhood is for learning, don’t use their childhood for earning. Warm wishes on World Day Against Child Labour Day.”
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Don’t let their childhood get ruined because every child deserves to get an education and get playtime. Warm wishes on World Day Against Child Labour Day.
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It is our responsibility to handle children with love, care and affection and to protect them from child labour. Warm wishes on World Day Against Child Labour!
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World Day Against Child Labour
"Small hands can handle a pen better. Lend your support to abolish child labour."
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🔸Colourised photo of Young oyster shuckers, Josie, six years old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, ten years old, Port Royal, South Carolina, 1912. Work began at 4 AM. Credit: Library Of Congress #victorianchaps #oystershucking #edwardian #childlabour #poverty #badoldtimes #goodolddays #retro #1910s #southcarolina #history #pastlives #portrait #colourised #history #vintage (at Port Royal, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPQfW1AC0z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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The world can never become a happy and prosperous place until we eliminate child labor from the face of the world. It is a time to learn and make their bright future. Together we make their life happy by educating and guiding them in right direction.
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Let us stand against the social issue of child labour and save the childhood of many children.World Day Against Child Labour Day!...
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Every child deserves care, love and affection. Let them study, play and enjoy their childhood for a happier and healthier future. . .
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Childhood is to learn not to earn; the age is to play not to pay. Let them live with their desires to smile and bloom.
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