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While some of those charged were actual Luddites, many had no connection to the movement. These trials were not legitimate judicial reckonings of each defendant's guilt, but show trials intended to deter other Luddites from continuing their activities. By meting out harsh consequences, including, in many cases, execution and penal transportation, the trials quickly ended the movement.[17]
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artisans who protested against newly developed labour-saving machinery
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The movement emerged in the harsh economic climate of the Napoleonic Wars and difficult working conditions in the new textile factories. The principal objection of the Luddites was to the introduction of new wide-framed automated looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many skilled textile workers. The movement began in Nottingham in 1811 and spread rapidly throughout England in 1811 and 1812. Mills and pieces of factory machinery were burned by handloom weavers, and for a short time Luddites were so strong that they clashed in battles with the British Army. Many wool and cotton mills were destroyed until the British government suppressed the movement.
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28 Feb 12
CJ Wolfinbargerluddites protested the progress/changes from the industrial revolution
wanted to do things the "old way"-
The Luddites were a social movement of 19th-century English textile artisans who protested
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against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution,
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02 Dec 11
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The Luddites were a social movement of 19th-century English textile artisans who protested –
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against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution
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The movement was named after General Ned Ludd or King Ludd, a mythical figure
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The Luddites met at night on the moors surrounding the industrial towns, practising drills and manoeuvres, and often enjoyed local support.
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The movement emerged in the harsh economic climate of the Napoleonic Wars and difficult working conditions in the new textile factories. The principal objection of the Luddites was to the introduction of new wide-framed automated looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many skilled textile workers.
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The movement began in Nottingham in 1811 and spread rapidly throughout England in 1811 and 1812.
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Some industrialists even had secret chambers constructed in their buildings, which may have been used as hiding places.[2]
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"Machine breaking" (industrial sabotage) was subsequently made a capital crime by the Frame Breaking Act, 52 Geo. 3, c. 16[4] and the Malicious Damage Act of 1812, 52 Geo. 3, c. 130[5]
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The Luddite movement can also be seen as part of a rising tide of English working-class discontent in the early 19th century
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An agricultural variant of Luddism, centring on the breaking of threshing machines, was crucial to the widespread Swing Riots of 1830 in southern and eastern England
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Three Luddites, led by George Mellor, ambushed and assassinated a mill owner (William Horsfall from Ottiwells Mill in Marsden) at Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, Mellor firing the shot to the groin which would prove fatal. Horsfall had remarked that he would "Ride up to his saddle in Luddite blood". The Luddites responsible were hanged in York, and shortly thereafter "Luddism" began to wane.[citation needed]
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The Luddites were a social movement of 19th-century English textile artisans who protested – often by destroying mechanised looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life. The movement was named after General Ned Ludd or King Ludd
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The movement emerged in the harsh economic climate of the Napoleonic Wars and difficult working conditions in the new textile factories. The principal objection of the Luddites was to the introduction of new wide-framed automated looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many skilled textile workers.
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The movement began in Nottingham in 1811
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Luddites were so strong that they clashed in battles with the British Army. Many wool and cotton mills were destroyed until the British government suppressed the movement.
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Measures taken by the British government to suppress the movement
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resulted in many executions and penal transportations
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"Machine breaking" (industrial sabotage) was subsequently made a capital crime
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17 men were executed after an 1813 trial in York. Many others were transported as prisoners to Australia.
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22 Nov 11
Dante-Gabryell Monson"19th-century English textile artisans who protested against newly developed labour-saving machinery from 1811 to 1817."
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16 May 11
Salah KIn modern usage, "Luddite" is a term describing those opposed to industrialisation, automation, computerisation or new technologies in general
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13 Feb 11
lelapin _The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth century who protested – often by destroying mechanised looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life. It took its name from Ned Ludd.
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The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth century who protested – often by destroying mechanised looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life. It took its name from Ned Ludd.
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shane dillonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
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my serendipitiesThe Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the 19th century who protested – often by destroying mechanized looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt was leaving them without work and changin
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Wilfred RubensThe Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested—often by destroying mechanized looms—against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work an
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michelkroonThe Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested – often by destroying mechanized looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their liveliho
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Teemu ArinaDigital luddites exist today, in the past we had those who opposed mechanized work.
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