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1802 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1802.htm Applied principally, though not exclusively, to protect the health and morals of apprentices in cotton and woolen mills. Includes brief details of regulations. 1833 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1833.htm Attempted to establish a normal working day in a single department of industry or textile manufacture. Includes brief details. 1844 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1844.htm Reduced the hours of work for children between eight and thirteen to six and a half a day. Includes brief details. 1847 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1847.htm Limited the hours of work to sixty-three per week from the 1st of July 1847, and to fifty-eight per week, from the 1st of May 1848. Includes brief details. 1850 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1850.htm Slightly increased the weekly working hours from fifty-eight to sixty, while rendering the enforcement of the definite working day practically secure. Includes brief details. 1867 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1867.htm Restricted the hours during which children, young persons and women could work in any manufacturing process in an establishment which employed fifty or more persons. Includes brief summary. 1874 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1874.htm Reduced the working schedule a half-an-hour daily in textile factories. Includes brief details. 1891 Factory Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IR1891.htm Prohibited employment of women within four weeks after confinement and raised the minimum age at which a child could work from ten to eleven. Includes brief details. Abraham Whitehead http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRwhitehead.htm Cloth merchant from Holmfirth who joined the campaign for factory legislation. Includes interview with Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee. Ages of Workers http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRages.htm Includes table showing ages of male and female workers in cotton mills in Lancashire in 1833. Alexander Dean http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRdean.htm Employed as an overlooker at Duntruin Mill. Includes interview by Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee on June 29, 1832. Andrew Ure http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRure.htm Known for scientific writings with his Dictionary of Chemistry, and New System of Geology. Traveled around the factory districts of Britain and published The Philosophy of Manufacturers in 1835. Includes brief excerpts from his work. Apprentice Houses http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRapprentice.htm Provided living accommodations for children who received board and lodging, and two pence a week for their factory work. Archibald Buchanan http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRbuchanan.htm Partner in a company that owned several cotton mills in Scotland. Includes interview by Robert Peel and his House of Commons Committee on April 25, 1816. Arkwright, Richard http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRarkwright.htm Inventor of a spinning frame and a carding engine for the textile industry. Built factories in Lancashire, Staffordshire and Scotland and employed many young children. Includes excerpts from articles about their employment. 1732-1792 Average Height in 1836 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRheight.htm Includes figures for children ages 9 through 16. Benjamin Gomersal http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRgomersal.htm Piecer at a worsted mill. Includes interview by William Dodd in 1842. Charles Aberdeen http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRAberdeen.htm Started work at the age of twelve in a cotton factory. Sacked in April, 1832 for signing a petition in favour of factory reform. Includes interview by Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee on July 7, 1832. Cotton Mills in 1830 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRmills.htm Lists towns, number of mills and persons employed. David Bywater http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRbywater.htm Began work at age 13 in steaming department of a factory. Includes interview by Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee on April 13, 1832. David Rowland http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRrowland.htm Child who worked as a piecer at a textile mill in Manchester. Includes brief interview by Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee on July 10, 1832. Deaths in Leeds http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRleeds.htm Covers the period from 1780-82 and 1813-30. Includes ages and percentage of deaths. Dr. Edward Holme http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRholme.htm Physician in Manchester who investigated the health of children employed in the cotton-factories. Includes brief interview by Lord Kenyon's House of Lords Committee on May 22, 1818. Dr. Henry Hardie http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRhardie.htm Investigated the health of children working in seven local textile mills. Includes brief interview with Michael Sadler and his House of Commons Committee on May 26, 1832. Edward Baines http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRbaines.htm Played an important role in the opposition to factory legislation, universal suffrage and government control over education. Includes excerpts from his autobiography. (1774-1848)
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