What did Charles Dickens have to do when he was 12?

Answer 1

His father went to Marshalsea prison for debt, where his wife and children (with the exception of Charles) joined him. After his family was imprisoned, he was compelled to go to work at Warren's Blacking Factory, where he applied labels to bottles of blacking (shoe polish). This experience, though it only lasted eight months, deeply influenced the rest of his life and his writing.

Answer 2

He was forced to work at "Warren's Blacking Factory", after his father, Jhon Dickens was inprisoned for debt , where his wife, Elizabeth Dickens, and his children (with the exception of Charles) joined him.
To work in a shoe blacking factory.

Answer 3

At the age of 12, Charles Dickens was sent to work in a shoe polish factory to help support his family after his father was imprisoned for debt. This experience had a profound impact on Dickens and influenced many of his later works that highlighted social injustices and inequalities.