mythical figure Ned Ludd

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Ned Ludd is a possibly apocryphal English folk figure who became the symbolic leader and namesake of the early 19th-century machine-breaking labor movement known as the Luddites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk figure
mythical figure
symbolic leader
associatedActivity machine breaking
associatedWith Luddites NERFINISHED
industrialization resistance
textile workers
category English legendary figures
labor movement symbols
countryOfOrigin England
culturalContext English folklore
era Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED
existenceStatus possibly apocryphal
genre labor folklore
hasGivenNameVariant Ned Lud NERFINISHED
Ned Luddham (legendary forms)
influenced later concept of Luddism
languageOfTradition English
movement Luddite movement NERFINISHED
labor movement
machine-breaking movement
mythStatus semi-legendary
namesakeOf Luddite movement NERFINISHED
Luddites NERFINISHED
notableFor association with machine-breaking
being a possibly apocryphal figure
being the symbolic leader of the Luddites
portrayedAs simple worker who smashed machines
region Nottinghamshire (traditional association) NERFINISHED
relatedTerm Luddism NERFINISHED
anti-industrialism
roleInMovement mythic spokesperson
rallying figure
symbolicRole leader of the Luddites
symbolizes resistance to mechanization
working-class protest
timePeriod early 19th century
usedAs collective pseudonym
usedBy Luddite letter writers

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Luddite disturbances hasLeader mythical figure Ned Ludd