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Anonymity pseudonyms

  • Captain SwingOn Saturday night, the 28th of August 1830, in the Elham Valley of Kent, a threshing machine lay in ruins. Rioters had torn it apart under the cover of…
  • Ned LuddIn 1779, a weaver from Anstey near Leicester smashed two knitting frames in what was described as a fit of passion. The story claims he acted after being…