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The political cartoon depicts a large, wealthy factory owner's hand crushing over a dozen emaciated children, representing the oppressive child labor conditions during the Industrial Revolution. The children worked long hours in terrible factories until they were exhausted while the owner grew rich. While child labor laws later improved conditions in some countries, the practice continued elsewhere and still persists today in nations such as Pakistan, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.

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Political Cartoon

The political cartoon depicts a large, wealthy factory owner's hand crushing over a dozen emaciated children, representing the oppressive child labor conditions during the Industrial Revolution. The children worked long hours in terrible factories until they were exhausted while the owner grew rich. While child labor laws later improved conditions in some countries, the practice continued elsewhere and still persists today in nations such as Pakistan, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.

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This political cartoon shows a large and plump hand of the child labour

employer (who is well fed) crushing more than a dozen poor, defenseless and
emaciated children. The large and shiny ring on the employers hand shows
his wealth, while tired and gaunt bodies of the children reflect the terrible
factory conditions they work in. This political cartoon was published in 1912
during the Industrial Revolution in America and later was stopped due to
laws put in place, but children in other countries werent as lucky. Child
labour still, continues to this day in many nations such as Pakistan, Somalia
and Zimbabwe. I like this political cartoon because it shows the hand, which
can be seen as an oppressive symbol of power, working the children until
they could no longer stand. In many cases during the Industrial Revolution,
the treatment of children was often cruel and their safety was generally
neglected. The most common punishment was being weighted, where a
heavy weight would be put around the workers neck and he or she would
have to walk up and down the aisle and reflect on their actions (not being
able to complete the work for the day or being late). This punishment would
lead to serious injury to the back and/or neck. Perhaps the hand of the
employer in the cartoon represented the weight workers carried around while
working in the factory.

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