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In order to become a blacksmith a boy would become apprenticed to a master blacksmith for about 4-5 years. The boy would make food and help with the shop. Sometimes the boys would be paid.

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This job put many of the blacksmiths working at risk because the materials they are using could burn their whole hand, and because they didn't things to prevent them from burning or cutting their hand off.

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Blacksmiths were very important at this time because there was a large demand for tools that worked correctly. So, because of this the blacksmiths were kept extremely busy, repairing tools.

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Some of the good things about this job is that you know how to make a lot of resources to help us survive. However, you start very young, so you are doing all this hard labor pretty much your whole life.

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https://prezi.com/acgkfofyybml/life-as-a-blacksmith-in-the-18th-century/

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https://prezi.com/bcnwsy-p4_xa/the-life-of-a-blacksmith/

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https://prezi.com/nnpsvfzq2pvw/colonial-jobs-the-blacksmith/

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http://www.history.org/almanack/life/trades/tradebla.cfm

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http://www.prickettsfort.org/Resources/Blacksmithing%20of%20the%2018th%20Century.pdf

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They made 25 cents an hour

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The blacksmiths also made a lot of tools for different members of a community, including lower class people and the king.

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The blacksmith was a very important member of the communtiy. Life of a blacksmith could vary according to their location. They were not paid very well and often lived a poor life struggling to support their families.

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A blacksmiths apprentice could be anywhere between 7 and 12 years of age when he/she started work, they normally just collected coal. They would start early in the morning and finish after the blacksmith.

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Horseshoes

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Many blacksmiths were African Americans enforced into slavery.

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In order to survive the blacksmiths had to hunt for food, and plant their own crops.

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The iron smelted from an ore  in what is called a fire furnace, which is fired with charcoal and fluxed with limestone.

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Farm

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Hunt

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Little Iron To Make Things

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Poorly Lit

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Small

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All the tools made by the Blacksmiths were made by iron and black metal.

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Anvil

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Bellows

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Forge

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Gun Parts

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Tongs

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Hammer

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Tomahawks

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Knives

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Hoes

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Shovels

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Plow Points

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Axes