Child Labor and the U.S Industrial Revolution
Early industrialization first started off through textile technology and new inventions. Samuel Slater attributed to the start of the industrial revolution by opening the first industrial mill in the U.S in 1790. A key to rapidly changing economy of the early Industrial Revolution were new organizational strategies to increase productivity.During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous, and often fatal, working conditions. Child labour can also be defined as the full-time employment of children who are under a minimum legal age. Child labor started in large numbers with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s.
Early industrialization first started off through textile technology and new inventions. Samuel Slater attributed to the start of the industrial revolution by opening the first industrial mill in the U.S in 1790. A key to rapidly changing economy of the early Industrial Revolution were new organizational strategies to increase productivity.During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous, and often fatal, working conditions. Child labour can also be defined as the full-time employment of children who are under a minimum legal age. Child labor started in large numbers with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s.
Child Labor and the British Industrial Revolution
Child labour in Britain was called the Victorian Era, it was known for employing young children in factories and mines. The first jobs for children in the Industrial Revolution were in water-powered cotton mills. The children of the poor were expected to help towards the family budget and owners approached poor families and orphanages and offered to house, feed and clothe children in exchange for labour, which were domestic workers.In 1788, two-thirds of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were described as children.
Child labour in Britain was called the Victorian Era, it was known for employing young children in factories and mines. The first jobs for children in the Industrial Revolution were in water-powered cotton mills. The children of the poor were expected to help towards the family budget and owners approached poor families and orphanages and offered to house, feed and clothe children in exchange for labour, which were domestic workers.In 1788, two-thirds of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were described as children.