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Kids'
Declaration
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| WHEREAS, We, Children of America, are declared to have been born |
| WHEREAS, We are yet in bondage in this land of the free; are forced to toil |
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the long day or the long night, with no control over the conditions of labor, as
to health or safety or hours or wages, and with no right to the rewards of our
service, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, I - That childhood is endowed with certain, inherent and |
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inalienable rights, among which are freedom from toil for daily bread; the right
to play and to dream; the right to the normal sleep of the night season; the
right to an education, that we may have equality of opportunity for developing
all that there is in us of mind and heart. |
| RESOLVED, II - That, we declare ourselves to be helpless and dependent; |
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we are and of right ought to be dependent, and that we hereby present the appeal
of our helplessness that we may be protected in the enjoyment of the rights of
childhood. |
| RESOLVED, III - That, we demand the restoration of our rights by the |
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abolition of child labor in America. |
National Child Labor Committee, 1913 |