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TheVenerableCain  ·  3429 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Child Labor in America 100 Years Ago

    Their father, R.L. Newsom, tried to compromise with the company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. Their mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own, but she let them work several months.

Poor kid had scum for parents. I probably would've killed myself if I was one of these children.