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Child Labor In The 1800s

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Child Labor first social reform in the United States centered on passing laws to prevent child labor. 1836 early trade unions proposed state min. age laws. Union members at the National Trades’ Union Convention made the first formal, public proposal recommending that states establish a minimum age for factory work. The first state child labor law was passed in 1836 in Massachusetts which required children under 15 working in factories to attend school at least three months a year. stricter laws passed after, limiting age in which a child could work and the amount of hours a child could work. some groups overlooked the issue of child labor in their fight for better wages and working conditions and, most of these laws were not consistently enforced. even
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