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Their parents paid for them to go to school.
Victorian workers were mostly children. These children were called labours. They worked very hard. But they didn't get paid properly. These children were very poor.
Victorian children got paid so little because the government didn't have enough money to give to them, because they also had to give money to all the children in the country. They only paid them meat or bread, and usually only got 2 pounds a year!
Cheap labour ! They paid children very little wages - if at all!
about 2 pennies a week
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What disease did Victorian children get in the mills
short documentaries about victorian working children
Slaves get paid nothing.
Chimney sweeps in Victorian times were often children and were paid very little, sometimes just a few pennies for a day's work. The work was dangerous and they were often mistreated and exploited by their employers.
no the children had more dangerous jobs