Record #990 (edit record; developers only)

Date: Nov 1811 - 1815

Event:

Luddite uprisings (machine breaking) in the Midlands against the weaving frames: groups of workmen who rebelled against the increased mechanization of textile production by destroying the new machinery. The government fears a revolutionary conspiracy and makes damaging property or taking Luddite oaths capital offences.

Topics:

*Radicalism  

   

Record Created or Last Modified By:

Shawn Mummert

Date Last Modified:

6/27/1999


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