More British soldiers were mobilized against their fellow citizens than were in the Duke of Wellington’s army fighting Napoleon on the Iberian Peninsula. With the uprising turning deadly, the British government dispatched 14,000 soldiers to the heart of England to protect factories and quell the violence. READ MORE: Are We Living in the Gilded Age 2.0? William Horsfall, a Yorkshire merchant and manufacturer, murdered by Luddites near Huddersfield in 1812. Weeks later, the laborers exacted revenge by murdering mill owner William Horsfall, who had expressed “his desire to ride up to the saddle girths in Luddite blood,” by shooting him as he rode his own horse.
Four Luddites were shot dead in April 1812 after breaking down the doors of the Rawfolds Mill outside Huddersfield. In addition to smashing machines, Luddites set mills ablaze and exchanged gunfire with guards and authorities dispatched to protect factories. The protest also blossomed into violence as it grew in size. “It differentiated according to region, and even within regions it differed among people in different trades,” Binfield says. As the labor movement expanded, it also lost its cohesion and the purity of its economic message. I will sing the Achievements of General Luddįrom Nottingham, the Luddite revolt spread during 1812 to the wool industry of Yorkshire and the cotton mills of Lancashire. Why the Wampanoag Signed a Peace Treaty with the Mayflower PilgrimsĬhant no more your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood
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