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Improving the working conditions of Victorian children

This clip shows a sketch of the Earl of Shaftesbury visiting a mine in the Midlands to see what conditions were like for the children working there. Shaftesbury's subsequent report shocked people, who had not realised that women and children worked in the mines. Shaftesbury felt it was his Christian duty to help working people. He pushed laws through Parliament that gradually brought about better working conditions for children.

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