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Was child labor ever actually 'killed off'? As I understand it, its use declined before legislation hit, but even legislation never completely got rid of it. It
by Aerroon 3y ago
Was child labor ever actually 'killed off'? As I understand it, its use declined before legislation hit, but even legislation never completely got rid of it. It just rebranded as "helping my family on a farm" or "helping my family shop" or "summer jobs" or similar.
Eg this graph: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/incidence-of-child-labor-in-the-united-states https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/incidence-of-child-labor-...
The 1920s is when education was made compulsory in the south and on the federal level it took until 1938 (which still excluded agriculture).
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agowas coal mining ever actually "killed off"? as far as I can tell, it, too, still exists