Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines
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Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines is a 2000 book by Robert McIntosh
, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The book is about child labour in Canada
in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with special reference to the history of boys, aged 8 to 15, who worked in coal mines. These boys worked underground, leading horses along subterranean roads, manipulating ventilation doors, helping miners cut and lift tons of coal, and filling wagons with freshly mined coal.
Robert McIntosh is an employee at the National Archives of Canada.
Robert McIntosh
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, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The book is about child labour in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with special reference to the history of boys, aged 8 to 15, who worked in coal mines. These boys worked underground, leading horses along subterranean roads, manipulating ventilation doors, helping miners cut and lift tons of coal, and filling wagons with freshly mined coal.
Robert McIntosh is an employee at the National Archives of Canada.