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Industrializing America: Children in the Workplace.

March 10, 2018
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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Our Great American Heritage

It was Friday morning the 28th of August, 1885 and Michael Markham, age 30, was eager to get to work. He was proud of his job at the screw factory in New Britain, Connecticut. Michael was a loyal and experienced...

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By Allen Cornwell
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