During the Industrial Revolution, children often worked some of the most hazardous jobs in America.
While apprenticeship and family work have existed since the beginning of American industry, the Industrial Revolution brought forth an entirely new set of workplace hazards which often led to the injury and death of children employed in factories and mines. Still, child laborers were often preferred in these working environments due to their small size and inability to effectively organize against their employers.
Three young boys wait for a shipment of zinc ore to shovel at a mine near Aurora, Missouri, circa 1910.Richard Pierce, a messenger at the Western Union on 723 Walnut Street in Wilmington, Delaware, in May 1910.A pair of boys are seen working the spindle at a Georgia cotton mill, circa 1900.Left: Portrait of a 13-year-old boy with a hand injury he received while working at a cotton mill in Weldon, North Carolina, circa 1914.
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