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In this sleep-friendly deep dive into the horrifying reality of child labor during Britain’s Industrial Revolution, you’ll step into the threadbare boots of a boy fed into the machines and forgotten just as quickly. Through cotton mills, tenements, beatings, malnutrition, disease, and silence, this is not a story of resilience — it’s a story of routine. One no one wanted to tell. One most survived just long enough to disappear inside.

Told in calm, immersive detail with a slow, bitter tone, this episode is part of the Drowsy Historian series: historical bedtime stories that don’t flinch. Perfect for sleep, study, or quiet reckoning.

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