illustrate the childern 's condition in a coal mine?
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Child Labour
"...I was frightened for someone had stolen my bread and cheese. I think it was the rats."
Until the mid-nineteenth century, the British state accepted that children as young as five years old were an acceptable part of the industrial workforce.
Not only management accepted the position but many parents as well. Change had to come and an investigation into the employment of children was begun. Between 1840 and 1842, government inspectors visited the Welsh coalfields and spoke to many child miners. These interviews were presented to Parliament as part of The Commission of Enquiry into the State of Children in Employment. This report not only tells of the horrific conditions that children worked under but also paints a vivid picture of their everyday lives.
Coal Mines in the 1840s
Coalmines in this period were cramped, poorly ventilated and highly dangerous.
There was little attention paid to health and safety and children were injured or killed by explosions, roof falls or being run over by carts.
