Child labor has been a serious issue since the Industrial Revolution era. Child labor has exploited children to dangerous things in many different ways, and in many different places such as working in Cotton Mills.
Cotton mills were the first places to use child labor during the Industrial
Revolution. As cotton mills grew greatly, businesses were in need of workers and children were ideal employees for workers. The reason being, because they were nimble, and they could do a lot of things some of the adults couldn’t do. Most importantly, the owners could give them a cheap, low pay, without caring less.
For most, the reason that the children worked in factories was because their parents needed more money, and the children could help them get some by working as well. Most children who were orphans or homeless were sometimes given to owner of factories in order to have necessary items such as food, clothing, and housing. Though, most were left without enough of those mandatory items, and lacked the required nutrition. …show more content…
One a 5am to wake up, (kind of like an alarm clock), one at 5:30am to let children know that it was almost time to work, and one at 6am to let the workers go to their stations. Six hours later, more whistles would blow, another at 12 noon for the machines to stop, and for a fifty-five to an hour minute dinner. After dinner, warning whistles sounded for the children to go back to their stations around 12:30 and 12:45, at 1 pm: work process would repeat in the afternoon, and 6pm: works over. There schedule would vary on Sundays and Holidays. Sundays, because it was a time to relax or for church, and holidays were a time for family. They weren’t off, but the children’s schedule was cut
Cotton mills were the first places to use child labor during the Industrial
Revolution. As cotton mills grew greatly, businesses were in need of workers and children were ideal employees for workers. The reason being, because they were nimble, and they could do a lot of things some of the adults couldn’t do. Most importantly, the owners could give them a cheap, low pay, without caring less.
For most, the reason that the children worked in factories was because their parents needed more money, and the children could help them get some by working as well. Most children who were orphans or homeless were sometimes given to owner of factories in order to have necessary items such as food, clothing, and housing. Though, most were left without enough of those mandatory items, and lacked the required nutrition. …show more content…
One a 5am to wake up, (kind of like an alarm clock), one at 5:30am to let children know that it was almost time to work, and one at 6am to let the workers go to their stations. Six hours later, more whistles would blow, another at 12 noon for the machines to stop, and for a fifty-five to an hour minute dinner. After dinner, warning whistles sounded for the children to go back to their stations around 12:30 and 12:45, at 1 pm: work process would repeat in the afternoon, and 6pm: works over. There schedule would vary on Sundays and Holidays. Sundays, because it was a time to relax or for church, and holidays were a time for family. They weren’t off, but the children’s schedule was cut