Simply because they could. No one in power was looking out for the welfare of those children. Children were cheap and easily replaced when they became sick or injured. They could be taught to do monotonous tasks and could not speak up for themselves. They were extremely vulnerable to exploitation by wealthy factory owners.
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Immigrants, women, and children.
substantial employment of women and children in factories
what age were the children during the indusrial revolution? From age 4+ and over can start work. The youngest children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous, and often fatal, working conditions.
Children could not work in factories under the age of nine:)
Factories often hired women and children because they would work for cheaper. Not only that, but children could work long hours. Many children also worked as newboys or did ran errands for shops.