Questions and Answers
Why did many children work as chimney sweeps?
What was one of the dangerous tasks children performed in cotton factories?
What did children working in coal mines do?
Why did Lord Shaftesbury start free schools for poor children?
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What was the age until which all children went to school by the end of the Victorian times?
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Study Notes
Child Labor During Victorian Era
- Many children worked as chimney sweeps due to their small size and thinness, climbing up narrow chimneys to clean them.
- Street children and orphans typically held this job.
- Children also worked in cotton factories, fixing machines when cotton threads broke, which was very dangerous.
- Other children worked in coal mines, pushing trucks of coal and opening and closing doors to let air through tunnels.
- Masters were often cruel to child workers, subjecting them to long hours and very low wages.
- Child labor resulted in many health problems and accidents.
Lord Shaftesbury's Reforms
- Lord Shaftesbury helped stop the practice of using young children for labor.
- He established free schools for poor children.
- By the end of the Victorian era, all children attended school until the age of 10.
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Explore the harsh realities of child labor during the Industrial Revolution, including the dangerous tasks children were forced to perform in chimney sweeps, cotton factories, and coal mines. Learn about the working conditions and the cruelty children faced from their masters.
