Joshua Freeman, history professor at Queens College, explained the advent of child labor during the Industrial Revolution in England. He also discussed the Luddite movement and protests that ...

As Pope Leo XIV invokes his namesake’s legacy, the church confronts a new industrial revolution—fighting child labor, digital exploitation and global injustice with the enduring call to dignity and ...

When the Industrial Revolution hit Britain in the late 18th century, the exploitation of child labor grew exponentially. With education opportunities limited for working-class families ...

Child exploitation in business started well before the Industrial Revolution but, 100 years ago, labor unions and progressive Democrats compelled Congress to enact worker protections many of us ...

While the term “child labor” may conjure up sepia-toned images of factory urchins from the Industrial Revolution, reliance on young workers by U.S. businesses remains constant and has grown ...

Industrial Revolution: The Spring Of Mechanical Innovation ... in an era of harsh working conditions, long hours and child labor. The demand for skilled craftsmen declined as mass-produced ...

Before the Industrial Revolution ... A photograph from 1910 showing child labour in cotton mills in Georgia, USA. Children were a cheap source of labour in textile factories, until using children ...

When Did It Begin? A Brief Look At the History of Child Labor And Forced Labor It dates back to the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700s and early 1800s when power-driven machines began to ...

Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial America (and on farms where it had been customary for centuries). In more recent times, ...

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution ... An engraving showing child labour in a Welsh coal mine. The child on the left is a 'trapper' - they were responsible ...