Iqbal Masih started his journey into child labor at a very young age. At just four years old, he was forced to leave his home, far from his family, to work for a wealthy carpet manufacturer, to whom his family owed a total of six hundred rupees, sixteen Canadian dollars. Iqbal and many of the children were forced to work more than twelve hours a day, six days a week. Overworked children were treated like trash. They were regularly beaten, insulted and, worst of all, chained to their looms by the owner of the carpet factory. As if that wasn't bad enough, the poor, clueless children were tricked and forced to work insane hours and were paid twenty cents a day, and that was only if they made a certain amount of product. As if that wasn't horrible enough, the kids had to pay for their own food. Let children starve and pay their debt early, or work as slaves to get more money so they can eat a meal of rice. After eight years of overwork and beatings, Iqbal ran away from his master to join the police. After learning that child labor was illegal, Iqbal returned to his owner's factory with police reinforcements. Iqbal was stunned when he saw his master bribing the police. Iqbal explained to Francesco D'Adamo how he felt his stomach tighten and how fear took over his body because he knew he would be in trouble with his master. Iqbal was punished individually for his escape attempt, but this only motivated him more. He escaped once again and this time he knew he had to make it count. Iqbal fled to the BBLF, the Bonded Labor Liberation Fund, where they offered Iqbal a safe place to stay. Although Iqbal Masih died at a very young age, he nevertheless left his mark on the world by traveling around the world to raise awareness about child labor, insp...... middle of paper ...... children take flight. " Free The Children. Accessed March 13, 2014. http://www.freethechildren.com/marc-and-craig/free-the-children-takes-flight/.WebsiteCommentsLinkTagsFootnoteEditDelete"Iqbal - Home." Iqbal. Accessed 13 March. /IqbalMasih.htm.WebsiteCommentsLinkTagsFootnoteEditDelete "Iqbal Masih" RSS Accessed March 12, 2014. http://moralheroes.org/iqbal-masih.WebsiteCommentsLinkTagsFootnoteEditDelete "Iqbal Masih Wikipedia". .WebsiteCommentsLinkTagsFootnoteEditDelete “Who was Iqbal” Accessed March 4, 2014. http://www.mirrorimage.com/iqbal/who/who.html.