Child Labor By Lauren Riley, Katherine Seto, Pooja Vyas, and Samantha Amido Page By: Lauren Riley
United States vs. India
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| Child labor was, and still is in some places, a major problem. Around the world, 250 million children are child laborers. Greedy factory owners and poor parents lead to the fact that children are being enslaved. In 1820, almost 20 percent of all U.S. children were employed full time. Luckily, things are much better now, but in places like India and China, child labor is worse than ever. The government estimates nearly 13 million children work in India every day, and most in hazardous industries like glass making. Child labor is a terrible thing that still haunts our past and present. The picture below shows two young girls making and selling rice to support their family.
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This picture shows some breaker boys that work in a coal mine. It was taken in Pennsylvania in the early 1900's. Elsewhere, small girls worked in cottonmills filled with linty humid air that made breathing difficult. Many of these girls got respiratory diseases such as bronchitis. In India, boys as young as ten work on the looms 15 hours a day, often sleeping on the same floor where they work. Many of these children are promised wages and never paid, and some get very little money for their hours of hard work.
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