Mule scavenger
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mule-scavenger-273-6700812
title:
Mule scavenger
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Scavengers were employed in 18th and 19th century in cotton mills, predominantly in the UK and the United States, to clean and recoup the area underneath a spinning mule. The cotton wastage that gathered on the floor was seen as too valuable for the owners to leave and one of the simplest solutions was to employ young children to work under the machinery. Many children suffered serious injuries while under the mules, with fingers, hands, and sometimes heads crushed by the heavy moving parts. Leg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_scavenger
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2024-02-15T00:31:24Z
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