The best pictures of Luddites

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The best pictures of Luddites are vivid images of the violent radicals who opposed new forms of mechanisation when they replaced manual labour.
The first picture shows Luddites on the march.

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Luddites marching

The second picture shows earlier Luddites attacking Hargreaves and his invention.

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Workers attack the Blackburn home of James Hargreaves to destroy his invention, the Spinning Jenny by Peter Jackson

The third picture shows a Luddite attack on a factory.

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Workmen take out their anger on the machines by C L Doughty

Many more pictures of workers can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.

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