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- Children worked very long hours with little breaks and no fresh air.
- They often worked in very dangerous conditions resulting in injuries or even death.
- Very young children were expected to work
- There was no education for the poor, so it was very unlikely they could get better paid jobs when they were older.
- Children were paid very little because they were younge
- Children were much cheaper than adults as a factory owner did not have to pay them as much.
- There were plenty of children in orphanages, so they could be replaced easily if accidents did occur.
- Children were small enough to crawl under machinery to tie up broken threads.
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They had to work for the common good, they had to serve on juries, they became members of the militia, and they supported education.
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