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Who are the Luddites of today and why are they labelled this? ... That, at any rate, was the first attack on textile machines by men who called themselves followers of General Ludd, who would convulse the countryside of the English Midlands for the next 14 months -and would go down in history, and into the English...
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www.mindfully.org/Reform/Luddite-History.htm
www.mindfully.org/Reform/Luddite-History.htm
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Luddites were men who took the name of a (perhaps) mythical individual, Ned Ludd who was reputed to live in Sherwood Forest. ... The Luddites were trying to save their livelihoods by smashing industrial machines developed for use in the textile industries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, ... Victorian History...
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www.victorianweb.org/history/riots/luddites.html
www.victorianweb.org/history/riots/luddites.html
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The Luddites in the West Riding a Barnsley Weaver, 1812. ... England History Archive ... Marxists Internet Archive: History Archive: British History: The Luddites and the Combination Acts...
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www.marxists.org/history/england/combination-laws/index...
www.marxists.org/history/england/combination-laws/index.htm
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The Tolpuddle Martyrs, 1834 ... Source: The Peel Web; Source: from George Loveless, Victims of Whiggery; In 1834, six agricultural labourers in Dorset tried to resist wage-cutting by forming themselves into a Friendly Society or trade union. ... In the year 1831-32, there was a general movement of the working classes for...
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www.marxists.org/history/england/combination-laws/tolpu...
www.marxists.org/history/england/combination-laws/tolpuddle-martyrs.htm
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The most recent complete history of Luddism is Brian Bailey's The Luddite Rebellion (1998 -- cautiously recommended). The first collection of actual Luddite writings is Kevin Binfield's Writings of the Luddites (forthcoming Spring 2004). Many of these books are available from major booksellers...
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campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/kevin.binfield/...
campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/kevin.binfield/luddites/LudditeHistory.htm
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This simulation will help you to find out about the huge changes in working people's lives that were brought about by the Industrial Revolution. It focuses on textile workers living in the Huddersfield and Spen Valley areas of Yorkshire during the year 1812. The simulation is based upon real events and characters.
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www.schoolshistory.org.uk/Luddites/The%20Luddites.htm
www.schoolshistory.org.uk/Luddites/The%20Luddites.htm
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Such was the disruption caused by the Luddites that the Prime Minister, Stanley Perceval, saw fit to introduce the 'Frame breaking Act.' This Act of Parliament outlawed the vigilante tactics of the Luddites and imposed the death penalty on any man found guilty of smashing a frame.
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www.schoolshistory.org.uk/luddites.htm
www.schoolshistory.org.uk/luddites.htm
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Its owner, William Horsfall, had barricaded his mill and mounted a cannon to deter Luddites, but he was murdered by them on Crosland Moor in 1812, on his way home from Huddersfield ... © Marsden History Group 2008...
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www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/people/luddites.html
www.marsdenhistory.co.uk/people/luddites.html
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A movie made with the SIMS2 and presented in a hand cranked zoetrope. Winner of the "Machinima Grand Prize" at the student show "Parsons does... ... Subscriptions History Upload ... The Luddites Worker Rebellion...
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