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Child labour in the British Industrial Revolution

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When the Industrial Revolution began, industrialists used children as a workforce. Children as young as four and five years old often worked the same 12-hour shifts as adults, although some worked shifts as long as 14 hours. By the 1820s, 50% of English workers were under the age of 20.

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