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    What was the name of the people who started Agrarian unrest in 1830 in the UK, and what happened to them?

    Question #32628. Asked by mochyn. (Apr 28 03 7:48 PM)


    Tabby Tom

    		They claimed to be the followers of a mythical Captain Swing, and they are therefore known as the Swing rioters or the Swing gangs.

    The name 'Swing' probably derives from the 'swing' of a threshing flail: like the Luddites in manufacturing industry, the Swing gangs saw machinery (in particular the threshing machine) as a threat to their livelihood.

    What happened to a Swing rioter depended on exactly what he was found guilty of, but according to Hutchinson's Encyclopaedia 19 of them were hanged and more than 500 were transported.

    Apr 28 03, 10:06 PM

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