Miner Boy
Miner Boy: Children were cheap labor in the mines. This boy spent 10 hours a day in that outfit with only the light from that tallow wick lamp. He cleaned & played the part of a "canary" (kids were easier to replace than good miners). He was probably Finnish or Swedish & indentured to the company for the purpose of paying his fathers debts. The unions fought bloody battles to get these children out of the coal mines. This little guy worked (& likely died) in Utah or Colorado mines / Scott Cooper
Soviet Forced Labor Camps and the Struggle for Freedom
Maria Tchebotareva. Trying to feed her 4 hungry children during the massive 1932-33 famine, she allegedly stole 3 pounds of rye from her former field—confiscated by the state as part of collectivization. Sentenced to ten years in the Gulag. When her sentence ended in '43, it was extended till '45. After release, she was required to live near her Gulag camp north of the Arctic Circle, and she was not able to return home until 1956, after the death of Stalin. She never found her children.
Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 yrs. Location: Hazardville, Connecticut. (LOC)
"1917 - Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 yrs.
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Reference
There is a new film coming soon (Belle) inspired by the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the first black woman to be introduced to high society in Georgian times. Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804) was an illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay and an African woman known as Belle.
Sally Hemings was Thomas Jefferson's slave and half sister of his late wife, Martha Wayles Skelton. She bore six children, four of whom survived and were raised as slaves. Sally Hemings' duties at Monticello included nursemaid-companion, lady's maid, chambermaid, and seamstress. She never married and left no known writings. She was allowed "retirement" when she was 53, she died at age 62.
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