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  2. Child labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Child labor in the United States was a common phenomenon across the economy in the 19th century. Outside agriculture, it gradually declined in the early 20th century, except in the South which added children in textile and other industries. Child labor remained common in the agricultural sector until compulsory school laws were enacted by the ...

  3. Child labour in the British Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The 1833 Factory Act stipulated that no child under the age of 9 could be legally employed, children 9 to 13 years old could not work more than 8 hours, and children 14 to 18 could not work more than 12 hours a day, children could not work at night, children needed to attend a minimum of 2 hours of education a day, and employers needed age ...

  4. Child labour - Wikipedia

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    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 succession of laws on child labour, the Factory Acts, were passed in the UK in the 19th century.

  5. The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment - AOL

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    State-level rollbacks to child labor protections show the need for a constitutional amendment introduced 100 years ago.

  6. Sadler report - Wikipedia

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    The Sadler Report, also known as the Report of the Select Committee on Factory Children's Labour (Parliamentary Papers 1831–32, volume XV) or "the report of Mr Sadler's Committee," [a] was a report written in 1832 by Michael Sadler, the chairman of a UK Parliamentary committee considering a bill that limited the hours of work of children in ...

  7. Factory Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3.c. 73) was introduced by Sir Robert Peel; it addressed concerns felt by the medical men of Manchester about the health and welfare of children employed in cotton mills, and first expressed by them in 1784 in a report on an outbreak of 'putrid fever' at a mill at Radcliffe owned by Peel.

  8. Timeline of young people's rights in the United States

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    Child Labor Deterrence Act: Senator Tom Harkin first proposed the Child Labor Deterrence Act in Congress, with subsequent propositions in 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999. "This bill would prohibit the importation of products that have been produced by child labor, and included civil and criminal penalties for violators." [26] 1994

  9. World Day Against Child Labor exposes utensil factories - AOL

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