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LUDDITES , the name given to organized bands of English rioters for the destruction of machinery, who made their first appearance in Nottingham and the neighbouring districts to-wards the end of 1811. The origin of the name is given in Pellew's Life of Lord Sidmouth (iii. 8o). In 1779 there lived in a village
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spring , spread into Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. They were met by severe repressive legislation, introduced by Lord Liverpool's government, a notable feature in the opposition to, which was Lord Byron's speech in the House
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See G. Pellew, Life and Correspondence of H. Addington, isf Viscount Sidmouth (London, 1847) ; Spencer
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