EK2010

Factory Child Abuse
Matthew Crabtree, a 22 year old young man, shares the tales of his childhood working at a textile factory in his interview with Michael Sadler, a prominent Englishman [seat in the House of Commons], concerned about the condition of children working in the local factories. According to the interview, Crabtree started his employment at the [|factory] at the age of eight years old. //Matthew Crabtree as a young child// //standing in the factory﻿//

Children in Crabtree's factory, including himself, work fourteen hours a day from six o clock in the morning to eight o clock at night with an an hour of respite every day for lunch and dinner. An exception to these grueling hours is when trade is brisk and the workers work from five to nine, a total of sixteen hours per day. Not only are the hours of work cruel, but the treatment of the children doing the work. Crabtree stated in his interview, " I was most commonly [|beaten]... very severely, I thought." The children in these factories are beaten for the smallest offenses from being tardy for work to slipping up during their work. //A factory overseer giving orders// //Children of all ages working diligently at the factory//

When the children finally arrive home, Crabtree included, they simply gulp down their dinner and fall into a deep sleep after a hard, painful day of work.

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