Children were often preferred to work in factories, because factory owners viewed them as more manageable, cheaper, and less likley to strike. American children worked in large number`s in mines, glass factiries, textiles, agriculture, canneries, home industries, and as newsboys messengers, bootblacks, and peddlers. In 1836 Massachusetts limts children`s work days to 10 hours. other states soon pass similar laws, but most of these laws are consistently enforced. Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on the spinning frame to mend broken theards and to put back the empty bobbins!
By:Jenna:-)
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