February 29. Child labor laws reformed in South Carolina.

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Feb 29, 1916 - The age for child laborers in South Carolina raised from 12 to 14 years.• Stereo view of two young chimney sweeps from Savannah, Georgia, taken around 1875.

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February 29. Pepper Martin born in 1904.

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February 28. The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston in 1862.