Partially spurred on by the execution of Thomas Hellliker, many of the participants dressed in drag to avoid capture and carried with them "Great Enochs."
Partially spurred on by the execution of Thomas Hellliker, many of the participants dressed in drag to avoid capture and carried with them "Great Enochs." Writing letters under pseudonyms like Peter Plush, their actions, which historians now argue were planned by men like George Mellor and Graevnor Hansen, escalated and brought about the passing of the Watch and Ward Act. [*] The death of Mr. Horsfall turned some public figures against the cause, which especially targeted Richard Arkwright's innovations. A violent encounter between their perpetrators and Richard Cartwright was vividly retold in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley. Beginning in and around Nottingham, where many weavers made their homes, FTP, identify these happenings in England that saw their namesake participants destroying machinery.
Partially spurred on by the execution of Thomas Hellliker, many of the participants dressed in drag to avoid capture and carried with them "Great Enochs."
{Luddite} Revolts or Uprising or equivalent