https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie The story of breaker boys en-us 2019-02-15 18:14:10 UTC 2025-12-09 11:29:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/331854506  In the first picture of the article there is a picture of a group of breaker boys. Their faces all black due to the constant flow of coal around them. Their faces drowned of happiness due to the work.]]> 2019-02-15 18:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/331854506 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/331860501 These young boys some as young as 6 years old would sort the slate and stone. The reason they had to do this was because the slate and stone could not burn like coal. The work was long and had the boys hunched over for most of the job. It was also hurtful to their lungs due to the excess coal]]> 2019-02-15 18:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/331860501 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/331865085 As the caption says the boys couldn´t see in front of them due to the abundance of dust. Another challenge was the coal itself, coal dust coats your lungs causing all types of deadly consequences short term and long term. Last but not least there was a high chance of you dying due to complications with machinery. You could get mangled and smothered in the constant flow of coal and die.]]> 2019-02-15 18:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/331865085 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332478164 Not only was work hard for the breaker boys. It was dangerous, work could get you killed. For instance a young boy they called Mickey was ground up with the coal never to be found again. Another tragedy was 2 unknown breaker boys were smothered to death.]]> 2019-02-18 22:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332478164 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332484087 2019-02-18 23:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332484087 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332491723 Something the breaker boys remind me of is child soldiers in Africa. These children very young go out doing their job dying in the process. The adults at he top do not care one bit about the children's life. They are treated like waste just like the breaker boys. Just expendable items]]> 2019-02-19 00:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332491723 6656731 https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332492544 The reason society allowed children to work in the breaker was because they were cheap and in abundance due to their parents needing the money. But these kids were dying all the time, so obviously the parents wanted justice. How do they get justice? By banning child labor indefinitely. ]]> 2019-02-19 00:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/6656731/qpgj7gs3quie/wish/332492544