Why Do Children Work In The Mill

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The men women and children worked in the mills of northern us
Yes they had to work in hot conditions for long hard hours a day in the worst conditions to get little money to buy food loathes and basic need like water shampoo body wash and other household items like forks spoons and knives plates napkins many had broken limbs fingers elbows some that get caught lose their skin muscle and maybe their entire arm or just part of the arm many children are orphans so they don't have to pay them they say they give them food water clothes and a bed to sleep in for 6-7 they were in bad health nearly half of the injury were caused by machine it was had to breath in the mills

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