Industrial Revolution 21 st Century Children as young as age 6 worked for little or no pay Worked average 14 hours with horrible conditions Worked with dangerous and heavy equipment Punishment for being late was being weighted Would tie a heavy weight to their backs and have them walk up and down the factory isles so all the other workers could see them and take example More than 27 million slaves in the world today, most there has every been Over 218 million children ages 5-17 are involved in child labor world wide 126 million children work in hazardous conditions, being abused, humiliated and sexually violated by people they work with Having 122 million people being used for child labor, Asia has the highest amount of child laborers
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