# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVa_9YVCEqq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59840803-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/af40c5a542.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-03T12:21:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

Manchester, 1840. Robert is 7 years old. He was sold. The workhouse got £2 for him. The mill worked him 16 hours a day. His job: crawling under spinning machines while they run. Last month a girl got her hair caught. It ripped her scalp off. She died. Robert has two mangled fingers. He gets one meal a day. He can’t leave—the mill owns him for 7 years. He died at 11, crushed between machines. The owner paid a £5 fine. This was legal. 🏭 #ParishApprentice #CottonMillOrphan #Manchester1840 #ChildLabor #victorianengland

## Stats

- **Views:** 6,084
- **Likes:** 894
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- **Comments:** 30

## Tags

childlabor, victorianengland, manchester1840, cottonmillorphan, parishapprentice

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