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Luddites - Historical Account Of

Luddites - Historical Account Of


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An Historical Account Of The Luddites Of 1811 1812 & 1813

With Report Of The Luddite Trials At York Castle, From The 2nd To The 12th Of January, 1813. "That the introduction of machinery should create in men's minds a feeling of disgust, and incite them to tumult and riot at that period, we need not wonder, when we take into consideration the general intelligence not only of the workmen but of that class who were above them."

Towards the close of the year 1811, a spirit of riot and insubordination manifested itself in the county of Nottingham, which, in the course of that year, extended to the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, and in some degree, pervaded all the manufacturing districts of England. The insurgents, who assumed the name of " Luddites," probably with a view of inspiring their adherents with confidence, the malcontents gave out that they were under the command of one leader, whom they designated by the fictitious name of Ned Ludd, or General Ludd, calling themselves Ludds, Ludders, or Luddites. There is no reason however to believe that there was in truth any one leader. In each district where the disaffection prevailed, the most aspiring man assumed the local superiority, and became the General Ludd of, his own district.