“Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime”-Kailash Satyarthi Child Laborer. The beginning of child labor had a very rough start especially in coal mines. In coal mines The coal was washed and sorted according to the beaker. Child Labor in The Progressive Era was also rough and it was nobody’s happy place, but kids was treated brutal anyway. Child Labor today is nearly not as horrific as during The Progressive Era although there is barely child labor in the USA today. Child Labor has affected many people and it was inhumane to children who had to deal with it at that period of time.
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The Obama administration has made nicotine use by kids a public health priority On american tobacco farms based on years research and interviews with 141 child tobacco workers ages seven to twenty seven in the country's four largest tobacco producing states include North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Nearly three quarters of children interviews reporting being sick,having a cold, or worse. Most of children we spoke to labored for fifty to sixty hours a week burning heat often without shade or water. They plant seedlings, weed tobacco fields and work among tall tobacco plants. “John Bassais saw something surprising: a boy, who appeared to be about 12 or 13, wearing jeans and a fluorescent work vest, smoothing mortar on a brick wall. It was a clear violation of child-labor laws, which prohibit 12 and 13-year-olds from working most jobs, except on farms, and also say that youths aged 14 and 15 may not work in hazardous jobs, including construction.” ( John Bassais The Atlantic News)
Child Labor has affected many people and it was barbarous to children who had to deal with it. Overall children before ,during , and after was no child's dream, but it happened anyway and it was pretty brutal. Child Labor during The Progressive Era was the worst out of all of them and children were treated inhumane. “Child
The biggest reason children in the United …show more content…
The Obama administration has made nicotine use by kids a public health priority On american tobacco farms based on years research and interviews with 141 child tobacco workers ages seven to twenty seven in the country's four largest tobacco producing states include North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Nearly three quarters of children interviews reporting being sick,having a cold, or worse. Most of children we spoke to labored for fifty to sixty hours a week burning heat often without shade or water. They plant seedlings, weed tobacco fields and work among tall tobacco plants. “John Bassais saw something surprising: a boy, who appeared to be about 12 or 13, wearing jeans and a fluorescent work vest, smoothing mortar on a brick wall. It was a clear violation of child-labor laws, which prohibit 12 and 13-year-olds from working most jobs, except on farms, and also say that youths aged 14 and 15 may not work in hazardous jobs, including construction.” ( John Bassais The Atlantic News)
Child Labor has affected many people and it was barbarous to children who had to deal with it. Overall children before ,during , and after was no child's dream, but it happened anyway and it was pretty brutal. Child Labor during The Progressive Era was the worst out of all of them and children were treated inhumane. “Child