London Labor and London Poor of 1850-1852

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A weekly periodical publishing the work, salary, and experiences of the poor people also known as 'street folks' of London. The stories focused on the fruit and vegetables of street stalls, scavengers, the exhibition of peepshows and live animals, and hawking fake news. The editor, author, and compiler of London Labor was Henry Mayhew. Though the publication only lasted 14 months it is tied to Mayhew's successes despite his personal biases and occasional disgust with those he interviewed.

Child Labor in England

Submitted by Madison Beckstrand on

Child labor has a long history and a long timeline in every countries history. By looking at the proclaimed British empire and how they dealt with the horrors and injustice of child labor through the years will be a great way of viewing how England sees its lowest people. Child labor is controversial now and viewed differently by those that lived at the time as deplorable or a fact of their lives and the choices of the child's parents. We will be looking at labor laws in the 1850s through 1870s. 

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