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Ned Ludd
Ned Ludd or Ned Lud, possibly born Ned Ludlam〔(Anstey at Welcome to Leicester (visitoruk.com) ) According to this source, "A half-witted Anstey lad, Ned Ludlam or Ned Ludd, gave his name to the Luddites, who in the 1800s followed his earlier example by smashing machinery in protest against the Industrial Revolution."〕 or Edward Ludlam,〔Palmer, Roy (1998) ''The Sound of History: Songs and Social Comment'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-215890-1, p. 103〕〔Chambers, Robert (2004) ''Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Part 1'', Kessinger, ISBN 978-0-7661-8338-4, p. 357〕 is the person from whom, it is popularly claimed, the Luddites took their name.
In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. After this incident, attacks on the frames were jokingly blamed on Ludd. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites' alleged leader and founder.
==History==
Supposedly, Ludd was a weaver from Anstey, near Leicester. In 1779, either after being whipped for idleness, or after being taunted by local youths,〔Chase, Alston (2001) ''In a Dark Wood'', Transaction Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7658-0752-6, p. 41〕 he smashed two knitting frames in what was described as a "fit of passion".〔Alsen, Eberhard (2000) ''New Romanticism: American Fiction'', Routledge, ISBN 978-0-8153-3548-1, p. 43〕〔George Gordon Lord Byron (2002) ''The Works of Lord Byron. Letters and Journals'', Adamant Media Corporation, ISBN 978-1-4021-7225-0, p. 97〕 This story is traceable to an article in ''The Nottingham Review'' on 20 December 1811, but there is no independent evidence of its truth. John Blackner's book ''History of Nottingham'', also published in 1811, provides a variant tale, of a lad called "Ludnam" who was told by his father, a framework-knitter, to "square his needles". Ludnam took a hammer and "beat them into a heap".〔Traill, Henry Duff & Mann, James Saumarez (1902) ''Social England'', Cassell & Co, p. 841〕 News of the incident spread, and whenever frames were sabotaged, people would jokingly say "Ned Ludd did it".〔〔
By 1812, organized frame-breakers became known as Luddites, using the name King Ludd or Captain Ludd for their mythical leader. Letters and proclamations were signed by "Ned Ludd".〔
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