Child+labor+kl

The campaigning of child labor was said to have been one of the most emotional progressive issue. These children had always worked on family farms, but the mies and factories are a lot more dangerous and unhealthy working areas. There were coal mines that hired thousands of 9 or 10 year old "breaker boys". The "breaker boys" were used to pick slag out of coal. These boys only got paid 60 cents for a 10 hour day. This working would often bend their backs permanently or it would cripple their hands. The reports of such acts helped to pass laws that set a minimum age for employment, and also maximum hours a child was allowed to work.