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 Matthew Crabtree



Matthew Crabtree, was a man that was twenty two years old when he was interviewed by Michael Sadler. He was born in Dewsbury, UK in 1810.Crabtree had his views on child labor, and it seems as if he his against the [|child labor laws]. He worked as a blanket manufacturer and started his job as an eight year old. He continued this occupation for four years. Waking up at 5 in the morning to be at work by 6 so he basically worked for fourteens hours with only an hour at noon for lunch. During the day, when he became tired or hungry he would be beaten with a strap and sometimes a stick so severely, that his skin would be ripped off, by the adults to keep him working. Even though Crabtree worked most of the time, he sometimes found himself going to sunday school but not very frequently. When he didn't go to Sunday school it was only because he was so tired from the previous day's work, he slept until it was too late to go to school. At the [|mill], where he worked, there were also women who worked there. There wasn't many children there, only about thirty-six, but of these women, a great many of them had children.



Work Cited

// Anti-child Slavery & Tiger Poaching //. Photograph. // TR853-1%u2122 //. Web. 14 Mar. 2011. .

// Matthew Crabtree //. Photograph. // Spartacus Educational - Home Page //. Web. 11 Mar. 2011. .