North Dakota Child Labor Laws Many of the early settlers in North Dakota were German Americans who typically had large families.  It was common for all members of a family, including children, to work together on a farm.  Out of this practice, around the turn of the century, regulations pertaining to child labor were introduced in …

North Carolina Child Labor Laws North Carolina is one of the southern states in which cotton mills have been a main industry.  With the labor practices of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, North Carolina’s first efforts at regulation of child labor stipulated that children under the age of 18 were not allowed to work …

New York Child Labor Laws Throughout the nineteenth century, New York was the entry point for immigrants coming from Europe, bringing with them a new supply of child workers.  New York has long been a center for factories producing goods with cotton from the South.  Children were put to work in these factories, and this practice …

New Mexico Child Labor Laws The first effort at establishing child labor legislation in New Mexico was in 1889 when the minimum age to legally work was set at 12 and later set at 14 for mining.  A law passed in 1919 allowed those at least 14 years of age to be excused from school if …

New Jersey Child Labor Laws While the early economy in New Jersey was based on agriculture, crop failure and poor soil, led the State to become the center of the Industrial Revolution in New England.  Child labor was essential in both of these industries, first becoming regulated to some extent in 1851. Child Labor Laws …

New Hampshire Child Labor Laws During the Industrial Revolution in the New England states, one of the world’s largest textile mills was located in Manchester, New Hampshire, where child labor was extremely common throughout the 1800’s.  The turn of the 20th century brought the first child labor laws to this region. Child Labor Laws in New …