The Independent Investor: Child Labor: An American Tradition

By Bill SchmickiBerkshires Columnist12:00AM / Friday March 02
, 2010

The United States has long been a haven for child labor.

The first child labor laws were passed in Massachusetts in 1833, and the first federal child labor law was passed in 1916.

The first federal child labor law was passed in 1916.

The first federal child labor law