- Josie is six years old.
- Bertha is six years old.
- Sophie is ten years old.
The children worked as oyster shuckers at the Maggioni Canning Company in Port Royal, South Carolina.
They shuckered oysters for four hours before school and three hours after school. On Saturdays, they worked from 4 a.m. to early afternoon. The work started at 4 a.m. and the three could earn $9 to $15 a week. Sophie could catch six pots of oysters a day.
Her mother, who worked with her, said: "She didn't have to go to school. She worked all day.
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