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=Child labour= By Mikaela and Hayley

Children have always been exploited for their labour. Through the years laws have changed, like in the 1800's, they used to have children go up the chimneys, shafts, mills and some were servants. Back then children used to go up chimneys to clean them. The adults chose the children because they could fit in the chimneys and small places easier. A lot of the children got so sick because of the soot from the chimneys. Sometimes the children got burns and deformed joints. It was dirty and dangerous. The children got stuck and people saved them but some stayed up there and died.

In the 1850's they started thinking about ending this child labour! People such as Lord Shaftesbury in England and Sir Robert Peel worked hard to persuade the public that it was wrong for children to suffer health problems and to miss out on schooling due to work. It took time for the government to decide that working children have to be protected by laws, as many people did not see anything wrong with the idea of children earning their keep. In 1906 there were 10,000 children employed in factories. In the year 1968 the government decided to stop this once and for all.