Excerpt from "The Cry of the Children: A Study of Child Labor" by Bessie Van Vorst.
In this passage Van Vorst describes living and working conditions for employees of a textile mill in Anniston, Alabama. She gives specific details about the housing and operation of the factory, and she includes several interviews with children who work at the mill. "The Cry of the Children&quo...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1877 |
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