Not so Great Britain

           In Great Britian and Lowell Massachusetts, the factory workers working in harsh conditions. Some conditions being worse than others, causing illness, limb loss or even death. These awful conditions made life during the industrial revolution very hard.
         
           Mill workers had to endure terrible conditions in the factories. Some conditions include dirty air. While working in cotton factories, many pieces of cotton fiber circulate in the air. Sadly, it is inevitable but to breathe in some of those small fibers. After breathing in so many fibers people contract a disease called bisinossis, which is a condition where your lungs don't function properly due to cotton fibers in them. Another condition workers had to endure was the dangerous machinery. Since the majority of workers were women, they had to pay careful attention to their hair. If they got their hair caught in a machine, they would get pulled up and killed. When we had our Google video museum tour, Jamie explained these dangers to us. In document D of the DBQ it says, "; he beats the little children if they do not do their work right... I have sometimes seen the little children drop asleep or so, but not lately." They treat children horribly too. 

          As awful as these conditions are in both places, England and Lowell, the conditions in Great Britain are far worse than the conditions in Lowell. In Lowell, the mill workers lived in boarding houses. They were given Sunday's off from work and they weren't beat, as it said in "Daughters of Free Men." In Britain, the girls didn't live in boarding houses. Young children were beat whenever they didn't do their work. They were also rarely given breaks. The conditions were worse in England because the U.S. didn't have an abundant supply of cheap labor like England (land was plentiful, most families could move west to purchase more). Also, the lack of workers made industrialists look to change the perception of manufacturing.