Question

who was captain swing

Answer 1

Captain Swing" was the name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830, when labourers rioted over the introduction of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods. 

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Answer 2

Captain Swing was the name appended to several threatening letters during the Rural Swing Riots of 1830, when labourers rioted over the introduction of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods.