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The older children up to 9 had to work in mills

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Britain as the first country to have lots of mills and factories.

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In a nail factory one child got a nail driven through their ear as a punishment.

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Many Victorian's couldn't afford shoes

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Some children were even killed or crushed in machines.

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Hours could be 5am to 9pm at night

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Some children became death as the factories were so loud.

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Children were much cheaper than adults as factory owners would not pay them much at all.

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Sunday was the only day off so they could go to church.

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Children often got fingers or hair trapped in machines and were hurt badly.

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Workers had to move quickly to keep up with the machines or they could get injured.

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Diseases spread quickly, and many children died.

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They used children to crawl under machines and tie up broken threads.

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Young children would get diseases like typhoid and measles.

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In 1833 the factory act was made law, it was made illegal to employ children under 9 in factories, but many factory owners found ways around it and children would lie about their age.

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Children were not allowed to look out of the window or speak or they could get beaten with a stick.

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Children worked long hours and had to do dangerous jobs working in factories.

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In 1851 more than 500,000 of Britain's children were working and many of these were in factories.

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Children as young as 4 and 5 often went to work to earn money for their families.

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Children were often given the most dangerous jobs in the mills, such as crawling under the machines to untangle cotton or to collect it. Many were injured!