Pauper apprentice

Pauper apprentice

Pauper apprentices were children who were bought from orphanages and workhouses to go work in large factories during the Industrial Revolution.They also smelt really bad.

See also

* Factory life during the industrial revolution

External links

*http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRworkhouse.children.htm
*http://www1.conyers.stockton.sch.uk/sparkingthegap/victorians/pauper.asp


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