Can you be more specific about what was bad in the 1800s? I know children had to work in factories under terrible conditions, but this was a result of technology and before that children would just help their parents on the farm. Also there was slavery and if you didn't fit in with the local community they could make life difficult for you or one person could make a false accusation and then the whole town hates you. But I don't think these problems necessarily come back without modern technology and they can be solved without technology.