
Who, exactly, were the Luddites?
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General Ludd's Right Hand Man
Luddite movement started in november of 18 11, surrounding and holding factories throughout the textile district of nottinghamshire. There were several weeks of almost nightly attacks. They were all successful. No one was caught or arrested. And that kind of implies that the common person was on the side of the ludites. But we see that things did escalate. Some of these attacks used sledge hammers. The factory owners, as far as we coun tell, were the first to produce firearms and fire upon protesters. In a sense at least you nw get one person's freedom fighter s another persons terrace. These machines are every bit as as valuable and and ve as
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