What did captain swing people do?

Answer 1

First of all, we must mention what Captain Swing is. Captain Swing was a fictional character with all of the major political grievances of England's agricultural workers in his life. Swing's landlord turns him, his wife, and his children out of their property to make room for a fox run. Then, when he attends a meeting of radicals, the unarmed and peaceful multitude is attacked by the military, with the Secretary of State thanking the military for their actions a few days later. Then, Swing is wrongfully accused of poaching and serves eighteen months in prison and returns to support his family again and grow his crops, his landlord comes and requires a tithe from Swing's hard work of three years. When Swing's wife falls ill of fever and his children are starving, one of his children attempt to pick a cake thrown into the gutter by the landlord's dog for her starving mother, when the landlord forbids her to take his cake from the dirt. This ignites Swing to sign a notice and post it into the landlord's hall-door, warning him against the consequences of his cruelty, signing "Swing". Soon similar signs appear everywhere, as many people have been similarly wronged. Thus the Captain Swing "people" in your question I assume to be the followers of Captain Swing. Those who follow him have been wronged by the upper-class similar to the narrative of Captain Swing I have just provided. These Captain Swing followers included weavers, artisans, and sharecroppers, who organized themselves into bands and destroyed private property that the believed had stripped them of their livelihoods and dignity. Captain Swing was simply the inspiration and motivation for such actions.