who was ned ludd ? rumors about this mysterious person abounded he came to be associated with that traditional champion
of the poor robin hood the original luddite activity was centered around nottingham and many said that ned ludd hid out in
nearby sherwood forest just as the legendary robin hood had according to another tradition ned ludd was a weaver who
had acci-dentally broken two stocking frames and from that came to be the one blamed any time an expensive piece of
weaving equipment was damaged whoever ned ludd may or may not have been riots protesting the new factories were
carried out in his name throughour england rextile-producing region workers families suffered as wages fell and food prices
rose there were food riots in several towns and luddite activity spread in the winter of 1812 the