The Swing Riots were a widespread uprising in 1830 by agricultural workers in southern and eastern England in protest of agricultural mechanisation and...
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Captain Swing, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830 Swing (boxing), a type of punch Baseball swing, the...
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"Captain Swing" was a name that was appended to several threatening letters during the rural Swing Riots of 1830, when labourers rioted over the introduction...
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Andover workhouse scandal (section The Swing Riots)
farm labourers faced the approaching winter of 1830 with dread. The Swing Riots – which had begun in Kent in June 1830 – finally broke out in Andover...
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Luddite (redirect from Luddite Riots)
strikes. An agricultural variant of Luddism occurred during the widespread Swing Riots of 1830 in southern and eastern England, centring on breaking threshing...
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was named after Captain Swing, the pseudonymous rebel leader who penned threatening letters during the rural English Swing riots of 1830. The album was...
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The Riot Act 1714 was introduced during a time of civil disturbance in Great Britain, including the Sacheverell riots of 1710, the Coronation riots of...
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Swing" was a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830. Captain Swing may also refer to: Swing Riots Captain...
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was also deployed against striking colliers in the 1820s, during the Swing riots of the early 1830s and the Chartist disturbances of the late 1830s and...
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The Swing Rioters smashed threshing machines and threatened farmers who had them. The riots were dealt with very harshly. Nine of the rioters were hanged...
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Burnt Hill, Berkshire (section Swing Riots)
in what became known as the Swing Riots. Disturbances started in nearby Yattendon and on 21 November a hard core of rioters met at the Axe and Compass...
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Taskers of Andover (section The Swing riots)
the industrial revolution gathered pace, a series of riots began. Started in Kent by a Captain Swing, a group of 300 agricultural workers entered the works...
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"Zoot Suit Riot" is a song by the American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, written by vocalist and frontman Steve Perry for the band's 1997...
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along with three successive bad harvests beginning in 1828 and the Swing Riots of 1830, reform was inevitable. Many suspected that the system of poor...
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chronological list of known riots. 205–186 – BC The great revolt of Egypt against Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 48 BC – 47 BC – Riots during the Siege of Alexandria...
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Enclosure (redirect from Enclosure riots)
Primitive accumulation of capital – Appropriation as the origin of capital Swing Riots – 1830 uprisings by English agricultural workers Abandoned village –...
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Gaol on 11 January 1831 for his part in the Swing Riots of 1830. He was born in Kintbury in 1798. The riots involved agricultural labourers and others...
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reign of his successor, King William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue. Polling took...
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Owslebury (section Swing Riots)
which had spread across southern England and expressed itself as the Swing Riots. A large mob formed and moved from farm to farm demanding money and threatening...
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and Mandy) is completely about the Rebecca Riots. Swing Riots Ely and Littleport riots of 1816 Betsy Riot Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh...
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Winfrith Newburgh (section The Winfrith Riot)
protest by agricultural workers on Monday 29 November 1830 during the Swing riots. The Riot Act was read by the local magistrate, James Frampton of Moreton...
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the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Threshing. Swing Riots Threshing-board Threshing floor Threshing machine Threshing stone Winnowing...
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up following the widespread destruction and machine breaking of the Swing Riots. The report was prepared by a commission of nine, including Nassau William...
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Bristol had individually designed buildings, some with thatched roofs. The Swing Riots of 1830 highlighted poor housing in the countryside, ill health and immorality...
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The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching...
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the Swing Riots. Featherstone, commenting on Dando's "I refuse to starve in a land of plenty" philosophy, sees the background of the Swing Riots as pertinent...
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1830 conditions were so bad that large numbers of labourers joined the Swing Riots that affected southern England that autumn; more than forty disturbances...
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