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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. The name was made-up and it came to symbolise the anger of the poor labourers in rural England who wanted a return to the pre-machine days when human labour was used.

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  • Captain Swing va ser un nom que es va afegir a diverses cartes amenaçadores durant els disturbis rurals de Swing de 1830, quan els treballadors es van amotinar per la introducció de noves màquines de batre i la pèrdua dels seus mitjans de vida. El nom va ser inventat i va arribar a simbolitzar la ira dels pobres treballadors de l'Anglaterra rural que volien tornar als temps anteriors a la màquina quan es feia servir la mà d'obra humana. (ca)
  • "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. The name was made-up and it came to symbolise the anger of the poor labourers in rural England who wanted a return to the pre-machine days when human labour was used. (en)
  • Captain Swing est le nom donné au dirigeant mythique d'une révolte d'ouvriers agricoles en Angleterre en 1830, les Swing Riots. La révolte s'est répandue dans le pays entier et a duré plusieurs mois. (fr)
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  • Captain Swing va ser un nom que es va afegir a diverses cartes amenaçadores durant els disturbis rurals de Swing de 1830, quan els treballadors es van amotinar per la introducció de noves màquines de batre i la pèrdua dels seus mitjans de vida. El nom va ser inventat i va arribar a simbolitzar la ira dels pobres treballadors de l'Anglaterra rural que volien tornar als temps anteriors a la màquina quan es feia servir la mà d'obra humana. (ca)
  • "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. The name was made-up and it came to symbolise the anger of the poor labourers in rural England who wanted a return to the pre-machine days when human labour was used. (en)
  • Captain Swing est le nom donné au dirigeant mythique d'une révolte d'ouvriers agricoles en Angleterre en 1830, les Swing Riots. La révolte s'est répandue dans le pays entier et a duré plusieurs mois. (fr)
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  • Captain Swing (en)
  • Captain Swing (ca)
  • Captain Swing (fr)
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