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The factory Act was passed in 1833 which made it illegal for factory owners to employ children under 9 years old, this coincided with the abolition of Slavery in the UK in 1833 - 34. During this time it was becoming more recognised that children needed to be educated mostly for the upper classes, however under The Factory Act it was made compulsory for factory owners to provide 2 hours of education daily for under 13's

Further legislation was enforced in 1844, 1847, 1850, 1853 and 1867. After 1867 factories could not employ under 8's and children between the ages of 8 and 13 were to receive at least 10 hours of education per week, this was by no means foolproof though and inspectors often found it difficult to prove the age of child and a lot of factory owners did not provide the correct hours set side for education - that's in the U.K

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