Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission

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Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission were a series of 19th-century British government investigations documenting the harsh and exploitative working conditions of child laborers in factories and mines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government report series ⓘ
public inquiry report ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
basedOn factory inspections ⓘ
medical evidence ⓘ
testimony of child workers ⓘ
testimony of employers ⓘ
testimony of parents ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describes agricultural gangs ⓘ
chimney sweeping ⓘ
coal mines ⓘ
domestic industries ⓘ
industrial revolution ⓘ
metal mines ⓘ
textile factories ⓘ
documented dangerous machinery ⓘ
lack of schooling for working children ⓘ
long working hours for children ⓘ
physical abuse of child workers ⓘ
unsanitary workplaces ⓘ
field industrial history ⓘ
labor history ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
hasPart First Report of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
Second Report of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
Third Report of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
subsequent supplementary reports ⓘ
influenced Factory Acts ⓘ
linked to: Factory Act

Mines and Collieries Act 1842 ⓘ
linked to: Mines Act 1842

subsequent child labour laws in Britain ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
language English ⓘ
mainSubject child labour ⓘ
education of working children ⓘ
factory legislation ⓘ
factory work ⓘ
health of workers ⓘ
hours of labour ⓘ
industrial accidents ⓘ
mine work ⓘ
wages of children ⓘ
working conditions ⓘ
publisher Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ⓘ
purpose document working conditions of children ⓘ
expose exploitation of child labour ⓘ
inform labour legislation ⓘ
temporalCoverage 19th century ⓘ
usedBy historians of labour ⓘ
social reformers ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Cry of the Children → inspiredBy → Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
Mines Act 1842 → inspiredBy → Children’s Employment Commission 1842 ⓘ
linked to: Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission
Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission → hasPart → First Report of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
linked to: Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission
Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission → hasPart → Second Report of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
linked to: Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission
Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission → hasPart → Third Report of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ
linked to: Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission