Children were forced to work at a very young age and the machines were very dangerous you could lose fingers hands or limbs in general they didn’t get paid much and they worked long shifts for barely anything they struggled to buy things and support themselves to live never mind an entire family they were getting low wage for how many hours they were working a day and there physical health wasn’t good their bodies would ache but they had no choice to work they had to work to provide the things they needed to live and they barely were able to get food from the money they were making that’s how low it was
