Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Luddites Assignment

The Luddites were a group of people in Britain during the Industrial Revolution who opposed the wages and processes of the factories. They were based off of a mythical figure named Ned Ludd. The Luddites did not like what the new revolution was doing to the people of Britain. It was causing pollution and child labor. Below I have a letter from the time of the Luddite movement written by a soldier who was sent to guard the factories from the Luddites.

Dear cousin George,
Things are not well here in Britain. There are savages known as the Luddites who dismantle and protest factories. They revolution has been a great thing, I don't know why they would be so opposed to it. It has created new jobs and allowed goods to be cheaper and faster. It has helped some of our family here get jobs at the textile mill and it got me a job as a solider guarding the factories. I am against the Luddites because they are trying to stop a great change in Britain and are illegally dismantling machinery, such as they are doing in the picture below.
But that is all I have to write for now. Take care cousin.
                                                                                      From,
                                                                                              Harold




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