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ANECDOTE

Automation and Child Labor

New automated machines in the 19th century reduced the skill needed for textile work, leading to the rise of child labor.
Children, women, and struggling weavers were hired to operate these machines in large buildings built outside of towns to avoid public scrutiny.
The working conditions were dangerous and brutal, resulting in frequent injuries, deaths, and the spread of disease among the children.
So many children died in these factories that their bodies had to be shipped out of town and buried in unmarked graves to avoid attention.
This tragic situation highlighted the devastating consequences of early automation on vulnerable populations.

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