Child Labor In Britain During The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a series of unfortunate events. It took place in the 17th century all the way till the 19th century, then later following the Civil War. It was originated in England and then expanded to America and all around the world. Many industries progressed and became very successful which later people had access to new opportunities around the world. During the Industrial Revolution it was very common for children to be sold and they were constantly being neglected by their parents. Britain’s Industrial Revolution accelerated tremendously by manufacturing businesses, technology started advancing as well. Many places in Europe such as Manchester grew tremendously and started over populating. Britain was one of the first country where child labor grew tremendously as it started to become a social and political problem. The children of the low class families were expected to work. They’d work in farms, factories helping around their houses and this rapidly grew into having children sold for money in market places. According to Annabel Venning of Mailonline wrote in her article, “Consequently, more and more poverty-striken workers were driven into the major cities and factories.” As the cities started to expand so did poverty.
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The child labor aspect of the Industrial Revolution was seen as a societal problem that plagued that time period in human history. During this time many people around the world tried bettering their countries but ended up worsing them at that time. There seemed to be no control over Britain at the time and the government that was set up didn’t do anything about the children working long hours. Children need to be with there parents they need love and care and they weren’t getting any of those things. This was a very difficult time period and this really changed through the