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Elizabeth Bentley

Elizabeth Bentley, a six-year- old girl, was became a child laborer at the age of six. A man named [|Michael Sadler], who was concerned with children working in factories, interviewed her. Bentley said that she worked from five o'clock in themorning to nine at night. Forty minutes was the only time allowed to eat after all those hours of working. If they were late, they were [|strapped]. Imagine being a little late for worked and being beat for it! Bentley's working environment as terrible. There was so much dust, she could hardly see. The dust also affected her health. The dust caused damage to her lungs, and the work was so hard that she would dislocate her bones. On top of all this, she also had to take care of her mother. When her mother died, she was forced to take are of herself.

(picture 1) Picture Of Elizabeth Bentley. N.d. JPEG file. (picture 2) child-labor-coal-mines. N.d. JPEG file. (laborer) The Free Dictionary. Farlex, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2011.  . (Michael Sadler) "Michael Thomas Sadler." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2011.  . (strapped) The Free Dictionary. Farlex, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2011.  .' (interview) Personal interview. 4 June 1832.