Child Workers in Factories During Industrial Revolution

You are living in Britain at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. As we have seen the population of Britain is growing and people are moving from jobs in cottages and farms to jobs in towns working in big factories. These factories have been set up to use new machines to produce more goods for the growing number of people living in Britain. As a Newspaper reporter it is going to be your job to investigate claims that these factories are using child workers.

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