I believe that the main reason it was so dangerous was the limitations on health and safety regulations enforcing employers to properly care for their staff.
Children were allowed to be over worked and underpaid.
Work conditions were dangerous, often with poor ventilation and disregard for proper safety measures when operating or working on machinery.
Oftentimes, any safety regulations that might have been followed were often ignored when it came to immigrants.
Most of the time workers, children included, worked long hours well into the night and would suffer from the possibility of fatigue and malnourishment.
I hope this helps some!
<span>Aware that Pap is probably after his money (the $6,000 that he got from sharing the treasure with Tom), Huck goes to Judge Thatcher and begs the Judge to take all his money as a gift. The Judge is quite surprised by the request, but when Huck refuses to reveal why he wants to give away his money, Judge Thatcher agrees to "buy" it for one dollar, saying he will take the money "for a consideration."</span>
