Question

who was captain swing? what did the name symbolise or represent

Answer 1

Captain swing was a mythical name used in threshing letters, written by the workmen against the use of threshing machines by rich farmers. The name symbolized anger or unhappiness and protest of the poor against the rich farmers and against the new technology.
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Answer 2

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Captain swing was a mythical name used by the agricultural farmers and laborers.

Captain Swing was a mythical name used in the threatening letters written by the poorlaborers in rural England to the richfarmers telling them to stop using threshing machines or face the consequences.

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