Exploitation of children through any form of work

Henry Brougham is praised by black ex-slaves for his part in their liberation, but criticized by children factory employees, on whom he turns his back. Lithograph by H.H. (Henry Heath).

A child serving behind the counter of a chemists and offering advice to a female customer. Wood engraving.

Two chimney sweeps, one of them is feeling ill and taking medicine. Coloured lithograph.

An aggressive woman bullying a child who is too ill to work. Pen drawing.

China during the Cultural Revolution: children and young people setting off to plant trees and dig reservoirs for the Chinese people. Colour lithograph, ca. 1970.

A young woman carrying a bundle of ferns on her back. Engraving by Edward Burton after Robert Herdman.

Society for Promoting the Use of Machines in Cleansing Chimneys. : the misery caused by the employment of children in sweepig chimneys, has been abudantly proved, and is indeed generally known and acknowledged. / Samuel Rootsey.

Report of the Departmental Committee on the Employment of Children as Film Actors, in Theatrical Work and in Ballet / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of His Majesty, August 1950.

References on child labor and minors in industry, 1916-1924 / compiled by Laura A. Thompson.

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Society for Promoting the Use of Machines in Cleansing Chimneys. : the misery caused by the employment of children in sweepig chimneys, has been abudantly proved, and is indeed generally known and acknowledged. / Samuel Rootsey.

An aggressive woman bullying a child who is too ill to work. Pen drawing.

Two chimney sweeps, one of them is feeling ill and taking medicine. Coloured lithograph.

Report of the Departmental Committee on the Employment of Children as Film Actors, in Theatrical Work and in Ballet / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of His Majesty, August 1950.

References on child labor and minors in industry, 1916-1924 / compiled by Laura A. Thompson.