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One of a group of people involved in
machine-wrecking riots in N England 1811-16.
The organizer of the Luddites was referred to
as General Ludd, but may not have existed.
Many Luddites were hanged or transported to
penal colonies, such as Australia. The
movement, which began in Nottinghamshire and
spread to Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire,
Leicestershire, and Yorkshire, was primarily
a revolt against the unemployment caused by
the introduction of machines in the
Industrial Revolution.