Thomas sowell - real history of slavery heartbreaking listen

It was but I will say this again it was nearly 200 years ago so no one alive in the uk today was affected nor were their relatives or their parents it’s an abhorrent practice but it was abolished in the British empire almost 200 years ago.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) abolished slaverythroughout the British Empire.

what are we supposed to do...
 
Btw also in 1833

In 1833 the Government passed a Factory Act to improve conditions for children working in factories. Young children were working very long hours in workplaces where conditions were often terrible. The basic act was as follows: no child workers under nine years of age.
 
The conditions under which poor children lived in the nineteenth century were appalling. Not considered as children but as miniature adults, they were expected to work long hours for little money,in often dangerous and crude conditions.
    • One of the greatest fears for a family was to end up in the workhouse, so even the smallest children had to earn money.
    • Children found employment on the land, in mines, on the streets and with the coming of the Industrial Revolution, in Factories.
    • The large factories including the mills, employed many children. Mill machinery needed frequent fixing and the children’s small bodies were able to squeeze into the tightest of places where adults could not reach.
    • The conditions in the factories were terrible with children operating large dangerous machinery, the air often filled with choking fibre and dust.
    • The children, some as young as six, often worked more than twelve hours a day.
    • Although attempts had been made by parliament in 1819 to improve working conditions for children, in reality, little had been achieved.
    • The Factory Act of 1833 was another attempt at improving the lot of children working in factories.


history was brutal
 
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