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Categories: 1830 in England, Riots and civil disorder in England, Anonymity pseudonyms, Social history of England
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Captain Swing
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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 of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods. Wikipedia
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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 of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods. Wikipedia
A name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830 Wikipedia Disambiguation
The imagined leader of the Swing riots in rural England in 1830. Wiktionary
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multiple-use name
PART OF
Swing Riots
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male
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Captain Swing
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Captain Swing
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Captain Swing

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