Source 1: Child Labor in 1830s England (1) During the period we call the Romantic Era, burgeoning
industry in England—much of it in the form of textile factories
created remarkable wealth and cemented the place of a
prosperous middle class. Howeve
r, life was far less rewarding
for the lower classes, who not only lost their traditional
agriculture-based social structure, but also were exploited by
the industrialists and did not share in the new wealth they were
helping to generate. Most exploited of all, perhaps, were
children. In 1835, 43 percent of textile mill workers were under
the age of eighteen. Great numbers of children labored not
only in textile mills, but also in other dangerous locations such
as coal mines, pottery factories brickyards, and chimneys.
Conditions were often deadly.
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