Lace: A History
Inspectors in the lace industry often overlooked the fact children, some as young as four, were used to help in the finishing and dyeing process. It was hard for these inspectors to determine the extent of the problem given outworkers took their jobs home with them, but some estimates put the figure in the t…
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