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The 1842 Coal Mines Act forbade the underground employment of _____ in mines. men Oliver Twist women and boys under the age of ten men and women over the age of fifty

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The answer is women and boys under the age of ten. This was made after a report was submitted by the Children’s Employment Commission in 1842. The report found that women and young boys worked for long hours under terrible conditions for less pay.

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