3 facts about the Industrial revolution

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Child labour. Many children worked long hours for very low pay. They were also susceptible to maimed limbs, poor health and early death.

Higher concentration of workers in new mill towns led poor sanitation and outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as cholera.

The slave trade. In the early part of the Industrial revolution, some industries, such as cotton were still dependent on the slave trade.

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