10 was very common but it wasn't shocking to see a 5-year-old working.
The age of 5
they had to go to school or they went to work to sweep chimnys
In Victorian times, children as young as 6 years old could be employed in factories and mines. The legal working age was later raised to 10 years old. However, many children started working at a much younger age due to poverty and lack of regulations.
they worked with their legs and hands. they were not allowed to complain.
12 hours a day
Children living in Britain during Victorian times, were either rich or poor. If they were poor, they often had to work to help out the family.
short documentaries about victorian working children
if they did not do as they were told they had to eat pig guts
Well it was in the victorian times when children had no choice but to work to provide for their families.they had to support their family in paying the owner of there place to stay.
During the Victorian era, there were laws regulating child labor that required children to be at least 9 years old to work in factories and mines. However, in practice, children as young as 5 or 6 could be found working in various industries due to widespread poverty and lack of enforcement of these laws.
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Children in the Victorian times were most often happy with what they had because they had no comparison. They lived in homes with their families when they were wealthy or in crowded rooming houses if they were not as wealthy. They often had to work with their families in order to make ends meet.